[PATCH] new radeon memory map fixes

Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh at kernel.crashing.org
Sat Jan 28 21:04:50 PST 2006


On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 10:06 +1030, Kevin Shanahan wrote:

> Testing with Linux 2.6.15, Debian xorg 6.9 with your new patch applied
> (just edited the paths in the diff) and dri cvs with your patch. This
> is an x86 (Transmeta) laptop, with a Radeon Mobility M6 LY (PCI).

Thanks !

 .../...

> Okay; color tiling and dri on/off didn't show any obvious changes. For
> bit depth I used 16-bit only (required for DRI on 8MB chip). When I
> enabled sw cursor, the server crashed - a log for that is attached.

Ok, I think I know what's wrong with that one. I'll try to make a new
patch soon. I'm a bit distracted at the moment as we just had a baby :)

> I also tested on my desktop with Radeon 9800 Pro (R350), but no
> miracle improvements there. It still locks up after about 1 minute of
> glquake, but no problems if not using 3d apps. I'm using xorg 6.9
> packages there but with libgl1-mesa-dri (6.3.2-2) instead of
> xlibmesa-dri.

With both the DRM and the server patch ? Ok, so it seems that my patch
fix some lockups on some 9800's but not all of them... bummer.

Ben.





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