radeon driver: checkpoint
Matthieu Herrb
matthieu.herrb at laas.fr
Mon Apr 24 14:18:35 PDT 2006
Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>>> save->bus_cntl = INREG(RADEON_BUS_CNTL);
>>>
>>> to it ?
>> Done, but it doesn't help.
>
> Ok, that isn't your problem but still needs to be fixed :)
>
>>> Also, I spotted:
>>>
>>> -CRTC_EXT_CNTL (0054) 0x00008048
>>> +CRTC_EXT_CNTL (0054) 0x00000048
>>>
>>> RADEON_CRTC_CRT_ON is clear here, that means that the CRT is off, is
>>> that expected ? (That is, your primary head is a flat panel ?
>> My primary head is a flat panel connected to the DVI connector of the
>> card, the 2nd head is connected to the analog 15 pins VGA connector.
>>
>>> Does it
>>> "fixes" your problem if you use radeontool to dynamically "fix" the
>>> value to 0x8048 (radeontool regset CRTC_EXT_CNTL 0x8048)
>> With the above patch in place, this activates the video signal on the
>> 2nd head, and it displays screen 1 as expected.
>
> Ok. So the problem is that your second head is driven by the primary
> analog output... interesting. I'll have to dive into the old driver code
> to understand why that worked before and not with 7.0. It's definitely
> not a regression caused by my memory map patches, more yet another case
> of weird CRTC<->output wiring that got broken during the 6.8 -> 7.0
> cycle by various other updates. From a very quick look at the code, it
> can't work indeed.
>
> I'll have a deeper look as soon as I find some time. I'm fairly busy at
> the moment so if Alex wants to give it a go, feel free :)
Hi,
Just to confirm that your recent commit does indeed fix the problem for me.
Thanks.
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Matthieu Herrb
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