From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262684AbVCCXLi (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 18:11:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262663AbVCCXKZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 18:10:25 -0500 Received: from 80.178.45.95.adsl.012.net.il ([80.178.45.95]:26550 "EHLO linux15") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262679AbVCCXDI (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 18:03:08 -0500 From: Oded Shimon To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RivaFB and GeForce FX Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 01:03:05 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 References: <1109890416.6974.12.camel@host-172-19-5-120.sns.york.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <1109890416.6974.12.camel@host-172-19-5-120.sns.york.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-8-i" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200503040103.05479.ods15@ods15.dyndns.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Friday 04 March 2005 00:53, Alan Jenkins wrote: > Having a GeForce FX 5200 which I expected to work under rivafb (kernel > version 2.6.11), I found the attached message on google groups. > > I know it is a little later now, but would you think about getting the > work you've done committed? > > I recognise that updating the driver to work with more recent kernels > would involve a reasonable amount of work. I don't need the driver > personally (although it would be nice). I wouldn't be able to take > advantage of TV out either, but if you can get the code into the kernel > then more people are likely to look at it. > > If you're not going to do anything, could you send me the latest > version? I don't promise to do anything but as a student I should have > the time to do so. Actuall skill is another matter :) Wow, it's been ages.. I eventually stopped caring about this patch because i realized with my skills TV out would be utterly impossible, which was very important for me.. So for now I am STILL using VesaFB and the binary nvidia X driver... The patch I did prepare were a few strategic copy pastes from the X "nv" driver which "works" (without TV out) for Geforce FX... I hardly understand at all what I have done (hardware, just ain't my thing :). You're free to have the patch though.. I'd advise cleaning it up though, there is still some debugging stuff in there... Also, this is actually a common trait for Any rivafb output, the cursor is horribly broken.. I had a hack in the patch to fix this, but this probably not welcome for the official driver... - ods15