[PATCH 1/2] mbxfb: Fix a chip bug? resulting in wrong pixclock

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[PATCH 1/2] mbxfb: Fix a chip bug? resulting in wrong pixclock

From: Raphael Assenat <hidden>
Date: 2006-08-14 18:39:25

This is a workaround for what I think is a bug in the 2700G chip.

The PLL output frequency is adustable using 3 values (M, N and P. See
code for formula). The N value range is documented to be 1 to 7 but when
it is set to 1, the output frequency is lower than it should be (divided by 2),
giving unexpected results such as no sync on a CRT display.

This patch prevents N=1 when searching for the best value for the requested
pixclock.

Re: [PATCH 1/2] mbxfb: Fix a chip bug? resulting in wrong pixclock

From: Raphael Assenat <hidden>
Date: 2006-08-15 12:45:55

Raphael Assenat wrote:
This is a workaround for what I think is a bug in the 2700G chip.

The PLL output frequency is adustable using 3 values (M, N and P. See
code for formula). The N value range is documented to be 1 to 7 but when
it is set to 1, the output frequency is lower than it should be (divided 
by 2),
giving unexpected results such as no sync on a CRT display.
I just thought it might be useful to post information about how to reproduce this:

Install fbset and link /etc/fb.modes to the fb.modes.ATI distributed with fbset.

Do 'fbset "800x600-70" -depth 16' and the generated pixel clock will result in a v-sync 
around 25 hz. The 800x600-60 and 800x600-72 modes will work correctly, with the expected 
v-sync values.

After applying the patch, the "800x600-70" mode works correctly.

Here are the modelines from my fb.modes file, just in case:
mode "800x600-70"
     # D: 44.90 MHz, H: 44.544 kHz, V: 70.04 Hz
     geometry 800 600 800 600 8
     timings 22272 40 24 15 9 144 12
     hsync high
endmode

mode "800x600-60"
     # D: 40.00 MHz, H: 37.879 kHz, V: 60.32 Hz
     geometry 800 600 800 600 8
     timings 25000 88 40 23 1 128 4
     hsync high
     vsync high
endmode

mode "800x600-72"
     # D: 50.00 MHz, H: 48.090 kHz, V: 72.19 Hz
     geometry 800 600 800 600 8
     timings 20000 64 56 23 37 120 6
     hsync high
     vsync high
endmode



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