[Nouveau] [TEST REQUEST] nv40 "firmware" replacement

[Jimmy Rentz]

On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:14:10 +1000
Ben Skeggs <skeggsb at gmail.com> wrote:

> So, I've spent the last few days messing around with replacing our use
> of NVIDIA's context programs on GeForce 6/7 hardware and have
> something that works on the 4 (2xNV44, NV46, NV4B) cards I have.
> 
> The context programs are *much* less complex than NVIDIA's and don't
> handle nearly everything NVIDIA's do, however they do work for our
> needs, and it's as good a starting point as any.
> 
> I've attached the currently generated "firmware" in the same binary
> format we packages NVIDIA's in.  If people with the relevant hardware
> could install them, and report success/failure and the chipset they
> tested on (the whole "Detected an NVxx generation card" line from
> nouveau's dmesg output would be perfect), that'd be great!
> 
> I'm now working on moving the code that generated the firmware in the
> below tarball to the DRM, and after some testing before I do!
> 
> Ben.

I tested this on an nv4e and nv49 and kms+X works fine.