# Re: matroxfb returning incorrect fix.smem\_len?

- From: Geert Uytterhoeven \<geert@linux-m68k.org\>
- Date: 2007-03-01 13:21:43 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2007/03/13456907
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2007/02/13456906/t.md

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On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, Ian Romanick wrote:
> While doing some work on the pci-rework branch of X.org, I noticed
> something strange.  matroxfb correctly detects that my card has 16MiB,
> but fix.smem_len is only 8MiB.
> 
> I looked around the matroxfb code and some of the other driver's code,
> and I believe that matroxfb is incorrectly setting fix.smem_len.
> Matroxfb sets fix.smem_len to (total_memory_size -
> memory_used_by_current_mode).  Other drivers, such as nvidiafb do not do
> this.

Did matroxfb detect a dual-head capable card?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

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							    -- Linus Torvalds

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