Re: Unsupported AGP-bridge on VIA VT8633

[Stian Jordet <liste@jordet.nu>]

Quoting Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>:

> On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 11:01:07PM +0100, Stian Jordet wrote:
>  > Based on agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
>  > agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 439M
>  > agpgart: Unsupported Via chipset (device id: 3091), you might want to
>  > try agp_try_unsupported=1.
>  > agpgart: no supported devices found.
>  > 
>  > I have tried with agp_try_unsupported=1, but no luck.
> 
> You tried agp_try_unsupported=1 as a modprobe argument,
> not as a boot time argument right ?
> Quite a few people seem to fall into this trap.
> 
> When I get chance, I'll make that a boottime arg too.

You were not really clear here. I tried it as a boot-time argument, because I
have agp-support compiled in. But I guess I could and should try it as a module.
I'll do that now. But why do I have to use agp_try_unsupported=1?

Regards,
Stian Jordet