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

[Ben Skeggs]

On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 21:54 -0500, Jimmy Rentz wrote:
> 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.
Thank you!  Are you able to also install the gallium driver, and see if
some 3D apps still work fine (where by fine I mean, as well as they do
with NVIDIA's firmware) and don't cause corruption of your X session?

Ben.