Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2013-02-14 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mit, 2013-02-13 at 21:07 +0100, Albrecht Dreß wrote: > Am 13.02.13 19:01 schrieb(en) Alex Deucher: > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Daniel Vetter wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Alex Deucher > >> wrote: > >>> You could try and bisect if KMS used to work at some point in the

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2013-02-13 Thread Albrecht Dreß
Am 13.02.13 19:01 schrieb(en) Alex Deucher: On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Daniel Vetter wrote: On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Alex Deucher wrote: You could try and bisect if KMS used to work at some point in the past. I've recently seen reports from others of r1xx cards working ok at

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2013-02-13 Thread Alex Deucher
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Alex Deucher wrote: >> You could try and bisect if KMS used to work at some point in the >> past. I've recently seen reports from others of r1xx cards working ok >> at least on x86. > > I have an rv270 on a

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2013-02-13 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Alex Deucher wrote: > You could try and bisect if KMS used to work at some point in the > past. I've recently seen reports from others of r1xx cards working ok > at least on x86. I have an rv270 on an mac mini here and that thing used to work with kms. Been a whi

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2013-01-31 Thread Alex Deucher
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Albrecht Dreß wrote: > Am 28.01.13 16:48 schrieb(en) Alex Deucher: > >> We've checked all the relevant registers, dumping regs from OS X won't >> help. Perhaps the KMS driver is trying to point the display at an invalid >> MC address or something like that. Other

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2013-01-30 Thread Albrecht Dreß
Am 28.01.13 16:48 schrieb(en) Alex Deucher: We've checked all the relevant registers, dumping regs from OS X won't help. Perhaps the KMS driver is trying to point the display at an invalid MC address or something like that. Others have reported r1xx/r2xx radeons working ok with KMS so it may

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2013-01-28 Thread Alex Deucher
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 6:38 AM, Albrecht Dreß wrote: > Hi Alex: > > I played a little more with the regs, but unfortunately could not find a > solution. I.e. I still don't have a usable signal on the connector. > > Maybe it would be helpful to check the radeon register settings from Mac OS > 10.

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2013-01-28 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Son, 2013-01-27 at 12:38 +0100, Albrecht Dreß wrote: > > I played a little more with the regs, but unfortunately could not find > a solution. I.e. I still don't have a usable signal on the connector. > > Maybe it would be helpful to check the radeon register settings from > Mac OS 10.4. What

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2013-01-27 Thread Albrecht Dreß
Hi Alex: I played a little more with the regs, but unfortunately could not find a solution. I.e. I still don't have a usable signal on the connector. Maybe it would be helpful to check the radeon register settings from Mac OS 10.4. What do you think? Unfortunately, the radeonreg tool doesn'

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2013-01-05 Thread Albrecht Dreß
Hi Alex: Am 03.01.13 20:36 schrieb(en) Alex Deucher: hmmm... everything else looks pretty good. Try the attached patch. This doesn't change the situation. Maybe the pll isn't quite right. You might try diffing the 2 reg dumps you sent me originally and using them as a guide to identify wh

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2013-01-03 Thread Alex Deucher
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Albrecht Dreß wrote: > Hi Alex: > > I wish you a very happy new year 2013,. and a again thanks a lot for your > help! > > Am 03.01.13 02:30 schrieb(en) Alex Deucher: > >> Does the attached patch help? > > > Unfortunately not - again, the first boot screen is visibl

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2013-01-03 Thread Albrecht Dreß
Hi Alex: I wish you a very happy new year 2013,. and a again thanks a lot for your help! Am 03.01.13 02:30 schrieb(en) Alex Deucher: Does the attached patch help? Unfortunately not - again, the first boot screen is visible, then the display flickers, and the shades/lines/pixels appear during

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2013-01-02 Thread Alex Deucher
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Albrecht Dreß wrote: > Hi Alex! > > Am 21.12.12 19:44 schrieb(en) Alex Deucher: > >> Sounds like internal tmds may be broken in kms. Probably easiest to dump >> the registers from a working setup (console fb, or old version of the >> driver) and a non-working setu

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2012-12-21 Thread Albrecht Dreß
Hi Alex! Am 21.12.12 19:44 schrieb(en) Alex Deucher: Sounds like internal tmds may be broken in kms. Probably easiest to dump the registers from a working setup (console fb, or old version of the driver) and a non-working setup (driver with the attached patch applied). Then send me the outp

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2012-12-21 Thread Alex Deucher
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Albrecht Dreß wrote: > Hi Alex! > > Am 21.12.12 17:52 schrieb(en) Alex Deucher: > >> Ok, it's definitely DDC_DVI. There's a chance apple used external tmds, >> but I doubt it. You can try the attached patch. > > > Doesn't work. Yaboot screen appears, and briefl

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2012-12-21 Thread Albrecht Dreß
Hi Alex! Am 21.12.12 17:52 schrieb(en) Alex Deucher: Ok, it's definitely DDC_DVI. There's a chance apple used external tmds, but I doubt it. You can try the attached patch. Doesn't work. Yaboot screen appears, and briefly (~1 second) the first boot screen. Then the display flickers, and

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2012-12-21 Thread Alex Deucher
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Albrecht Dreß wrote: > Hi Alex! > > Am 20.12.12 22:42 schrieb(en) Alex Deucher: > >> Apple cards have a proprietary rom without that information so we need to >> hard code it in the driver. > > > I see. And OS X relies on that, so it doesn't work with standard ca

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2012-12-21 Thread Albrecht Dreß
Hi Alex! Am 20.12.12 22:42 schrieb(en) Alex Deucher: Apple cards have a proprietary rom without that information so we need to hard code it in the driver. I see. And OS X relies on that, so it doesn't work with standard cards... bad! It would be great if you could test both connectors to m

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2012-12-20 Thread Alex Deucher
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Albrecht Dreß wrote: > Hi Alex! > > Thanks a lot for the fast response! > > Am 20.12.12 20:44 schrieb(en) Alex Deucher: > >> With KMS the display setup is handled by the kernel now, so the MacModel >> option has been replaced with a kernel module parameter. > > > I

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2012-12-20 Thread Albrecht Dreß
Hi Alex! Thanks a lot for the fast response! Am 20.12.12 20:44 schrieb(en) Alex Deucher: With KMS the display setup is handled by the kernel now, so the MacModel option has been replaced with a kernel module parameter. I see. Makes sense... Specify radeon.connector_table=x where x = Hmm

Re: Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2012-12-20 Thread Alex Deucher
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Albrecht Dreß wrote: > Hi all, > > I am running Ubuntu 12.10 which comes with the radeon driver package > '6.99.99~git201209': > > 8<-- > root@antares:~# dpkg -l 'xserver-xorg-video-*' > [snip] > ii xserver-xorg-

Q: 'MacModel' replacement for radeon driver?

2012-12-20 Thread Albrecht Dreß
Hi all, I am running Ubuntu 12.10 which comes with the radeon driver package '6.99.99~git201209': 8<-- root@antares:~# dpkg -l 'xserver-xorg-video-*' [snip] ii xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.99.99~git201209 powerpc X.Org X server -- AMD/AT