Thread (14 messages) 14 messages, 4 authors, 2006-11-27

Re: 2.6.19-rc5: Geode GX frame buffer takes 13 seconds to initialize

From: James Simmons <hidden>
Date: 2006-11-27 18:21:36

Hi Jordan,
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Author: Jordan Crouse [off-list ref]
Date:   Mon May 15 20:54:51 2006 -0600

    FB: Get the Geode GX frambuffer size from the BIOS

    Use the Geode GX BIOS virtual registers to get the actual size of the
    framebuffer.

    Signed-off-by: Jordan Crouse [off-list ref]
The patch works. The frame buffer size now matches what is really there (4
MB).

Out of curiosity, where are the magic registers (0xAC1C, 0xAC1E) documented?
I searched "AMD Geode GX Processors Data Book", but had no luck...

Also, I notice that the pci_resource_len() shows 16 MB, even though
the resource should only cover 4 MB.  I assume this is a BIOS bug...
=)

Is there anything I can do to help get this pushed into the 2.6.19 kernel?
Jordan can you repost the patch and CC andrew morton with it so the patch 
will be in the -mm tree. Thank you.


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