Silicon Motion chip on amd64

[Alex Deucher]

On 10/6/06, Free Ekanayaka <free at 64studio.com> wrote:
> Hi Alex,
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> |--==> Alex Deucher writes:
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>  AD> for now just the one in SMI_WriteMode() in smi_driver.c in the
>  AD> siliconmotion driver.  You can either grab the source from git or grab
>  AD> the siliconmotion source package from your distro.  Then comment out
>  AD> the line and re-build the driver.  be sure to back up your old one
>  AD> first.
>
> It worked! I still  have to get  a fully working configuration (a miss
> the touchscreen pointer), but xorg now starts correctly.
>
> Is there any side-effect when commenting that line of code?

you may get a some problems if you try and switch modes when the
accelerator is active.  I'll try and check in a better fix when I get
back home next week.  Thanks for testing.

Alex

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> Thanks a lot,
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> Free
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