[Openchrome-users] VX11 no device detected

[Xavier Bachelot]

On 12/21/2013 02:02 AM, Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 05:27:37PM +0100, Xavier Bachelot wrote:
>> On 12/10/2013 08:16 PM, Amit wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Using a board from VIA with the following output from lspci:
>>>
>>> 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device
>>> [1106:3a01]
>>>
>>> This is a VX11 chipset. I understand part of the roadmap was support for
>>> VX11. How far along is this?
>>>
>>> Also, I tried to modify src/via_id.c to add the above IDs but get no
>>> result from X.
>>>
>>> Xorg.0.log:
>>> http://paste.debian.net/70188/
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Amit
>>>
>> Hi Amit,
>>
>> VX11 support will happen eventually, but nothing has been down toward
>> this yet. It seems the VX11 is not very widespread, and you are the
>> first to ask about it being supported. Can you share some details about
>> the hardware you have ? And can you please also send the output of
>> 'lspci -vn' ? Maybe we could hook up the very basic stuff and send you
>> patches to test.
>>
> 
> Thanks for the response.
> 
> The hardware is an EPIA-M920
> (http://www.viaembedded.com/en/products/boards/1893/1/EPIA-M920.html)
> 
> Attached is the lspci -vn output. Also, after contacting VIA, they gave
> me the following driver:
> 
> http://www.viaarena.com/Driver/vx11_ubuntu1204_ubuntu1210_15-00-02b.7z.zip
> 
> That driver works but the install is not that clean. They replace
> various libGL and libglx modules with their own and also need to install
> a kernel driver.
> 
> Anyways, from what I can see it is a graphics chip from S3. If you need
> the kernel/Xorg.0.log, I can also send those.
> 
> Thanks,
> Amit
> 
Hi Amit,

Here's a patch against git master for you to test. Basically, the same I
sent 2 days ago for the VN1000, but slightly adapted for the VX11. This
is just a blind shot in the dark, but I'd still be interested to read
about the results.

Regards,
Xavier
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