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Date:      Tue, 16 Sep 2003 18:00:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Matthew N. Dodd" <mdodd@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: nforce 2 drivers aren't working
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20030916180001.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030913151727.N27896@sasami.jurai.net>

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On 13-Sep-2003 Matthew N. Dodd wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Sep 2003, jason wrote:
>> I have done both, one at the time.  I have a 5.1 system and there is no
>> /dev/agpgart.  So I checked man mknod and found the majors file.  If you
>> already know how I should use mknod(block or char. device and major and
>> minor numbers), please let me know.  If not thats alright, I should be
>> able to find the right combonation later.
> 
> So if /dev/agpgart doesn't exist, then AGP isn't loaded or attaching to
> your device.
> 
> Send me the output of a verbose boot.

You can't kldload agp after boot because hostb(4) will have already
claimed the host-PCI bridge driver.  You need to load agp.ko from the
loader or compile it into the kernel.

-- 

John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
"Power Users Use the Power to Serve!"  -  http://www.FreeBSD.org/



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