From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 22 03:36:06 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2744479E for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 03:36:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asp.reflexion.net (outbound-242.asp.reflexion.net [69.84.129.242]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C02297A3 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 03:36:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 5820 invoked from network); 22 Nov 2014 03:35:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail-cs-01.app.dca.reflexion.local) (10.81.19.1) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with SMTP; 22 Nov 2014 03:35:28 -0000 Received: by mail-cs-01.app.dca.reflexion.local (Reflexion email security v7.30.7) with SMTP; Fri, 21 Nov 2014 22:35:57 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 21682 invoked from network); 22 Nov 2014 03:35:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO iron2.pdx.net) (69.64.224.71) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 22 Nov 2014 03:35:57 -0000 X-No-Relay: not in my network X-No-Relay: not in my network X-No-Relay: not in my network Received: from [192.168.1.8] (c-67-189-19-145.hsd1.or.comcast.net [67.189.19.145]) by iron2.pdx.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4BAF11C405D; Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:35:51 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Subject: Re: The default driver/mode used for PowerMac G5 Radeon 9800PRO's messes up all normal text display by default... From: Mark Millard In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:35:56 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <39FF818C-AEFF-431C-A16C-5FDB26C3A06F@dsl-only.net> References: <653F809A-C7E1-4326-88F5-104F7FA76EB1@dsl-only.net> To: Justin Hibbits X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jean-S=E9bastien_P=E9dron?= , FreeBSD PowerPC ML X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 03:36:06 -0000 Hi. FYI: I've been building and trying Jean-S=E9bastien P=E9dron's = kms-drm-update-38 branch when Jean requested (sometimes with patches = that Jean provided). This was to give Jean some (indirect) access to a = powerpc64 (PowerMac G5) Radeon context for some radeonkms development. = (Jean had been hoping to get my card going in that context.) We got to = the point that a kldload for radeonkms did not complain/refuse but the = display was then munged up and the driver could not find the Video BIOS. = The fact that it is a Radeon X1950 for the video hardware may make it = odder than usual for PowerMac G5 Radeons. But it is the only Radeon that = I have access to for G5's. (The card works in Mac OS X 10.5.) As for my using the G5s on my own: In more recent times I build = powerpc64/GENRIC64 10.x variants with both vt and sc (so no ps3 support = since it does not have sc support). Then I boot whichever seems to work = best for the video hardware, display size, and usage combination that I = intend. (I tend to move the same SSD between G5 contexts.) I also have access to a NVIDIA card I could put in place instead if I = wanted or needed to. But that would duplicate another PowerMac G5 = context that I have access to. My FreeBSD activity is personal and my work activity in recent times has = stopped me from being noticeably active with FreeBSD for a while: I've = basically only been occasionally doing something Jean has requested. So = the above material is actually old and technically I do not yet know = what a vt and sc (no ps3) 10.1-RELEASE variant would be like for the = issues. (Not that I expect a lot of changes of status from early = November.) When I get back to FreeBSD I'll probably track 10.1-STABLE = mostly as far as strictly personal use goes. =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard markmi at dsl-only.net On Nov 21, 2014, at 3:43 PM, Justin Hibbits = wrote: Just catching this. The radeon.ko driver is barely functional for PowerPC. I recommend removing it before trying again (we should just disable it, since it's useless right now, and instead put effort into getting the radeonkms working). - Justin