http://bugs.xfree86.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-03-19 07:16 ------- Yeah, now that you mention it, I realize I've seen the linuxconsole project. > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xfree-xpert&m=102226601018104&w=2 > suggests that before we can use that, we need to stop the X server > from disabling cards that it doesn't use. I'm afraid it's not so easy (it's actually what the mentioned patch does, IIRC). I know very little about this, so I'm likely to say complete nonsense now, but from what I have observed, it seems that some VGA cards use the ISA-backwards-compatible I/O port and/or memory address range instead of allocating address space with PCI Plug-and-Play. XFree86 seems able to deal with them when there is one server servicing these, by turning on and off the bus access of these cards when needed. Unfortunately, for multiple servers, each servicing one of the cards, for it to work would require some kind of sharing of the RAC data and synchronization between the servers so that the bus access is properly turned on and off at the right times. (Including switching to and from the console.) Again, I know way too little about XFree, PCI, VGA's etc. to properly understand what's going on. Sorry if the above is complete bullshit. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
