From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 2 06:57:10 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF6F01065678; Wed, 2 Mar 2011 06:57:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avg@freebsd.org) Received: from citadel.icyb.net.ua (citadel.icyb.net.ua [212.40.38.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C18B98FC1B; Wed, 2 Mar 2011 06:57:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from porto.topspin.kiev.ua (porto-e.starpoint.kiev.ua [212.40.38.100]) by citadel.icyb.net.ua (8.8.8p3/ICyb-2.3exp) with ESMTP id IAA12452; Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:57:08 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from avg@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost.topspin.kiev.ua ([127.0.0.1]) by porto.topspin.kiev.ua with esmtp (Exim 4.34 (FreeBSD)) id 1Pufzf-000FoN-R9; Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:57:07 +0200 Message-ID: <4D6DEA42.9040809@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:57:06 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101211 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jung-uk Kim References: <20110228221844.GA2957@compaq.yuetime> <20110301214507.GA36239@slackbox.erewhon.net> <201103011755.31787.jkim@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <201103011755.31787.jkim@FreeBSD.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xf86-video-ati with patch-src-radeon_driver.c freeze the system X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 06:57:10 -0000 on 02/03/2011 00:55 Jung-uk Kim said the following: > On Tuesday 01 March 2011 05:44 pm, Warren Block wrote: >> On Tue, 1 Mar 2011, Roland Smith wrote: >>>> Yet the HD4650 has worked every time... >>> >>> Question is, does it work without the patch in the ports tree? >> >> Just switched back, and yes, it's fine. Same values, too: mem_size >> 20000000, aper_size 0. >> >> BusType, either the xorg.conf setting or the kind of bus that's >> really in the machine, may be important. That's why I've mentioned >> PCIE. If you have AGP, that could be a factor. Certainly if you >> have a physical bus that doesn't match what's set in xorg.conf, >> that's not good. > > Yes, GART handling is very specific to its bus type. Also, IGP (e.g., > RS780) chipsets must be treated as PCI, not PCIE. Forcing BusType is > really really bad idea unless you know what you are doing. I think > it must be removed from ports/UPDATING (along with other non-sensical > recommendations). I must chime in and second your suggestion. -- Andriy Gapon