Re: mm-kernels, 4K stacks, and NVIDIA... am I crazy?

[Michael Baehr <tehdely_lkml@metawire.org>]

On 2004-04-02 08:21:46 -0600 Norberto Bensa 
<norberto+linux-kernel@bensa.ath.cx> wrote:

> Michael Baehr wrote:
>> 06:55:05 <+delysid|~> grep 4K /usr/src/linux/.config
>> CONFIG_4KSTACKS=y
>> 06:55:08 <+delysid|~>
>> 
>> And I have yet to have a single problem.  In fact, everything is
>> working swimmingly!
> 
> Are you sure you are using nvidia's binary driver?
> 
> $ dmesg | grep nvidia
> $ grep -i nvidia /var/log/XF*
> 
> Regards,
> Norberto
> 
> PS: I'm recompiling my kernel with 4KSTACKS, but I doubt it will work.
> 
> 

Output of dmesg | grep nvidia:

nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
0: nvidia: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module  1.0-5336  
Wed Jan 14 18:29:26 PST 2004

Output of grep -i nvidia /var/log/XF* (I snipped some extraneous text 
about sync ranges):

(**) |   |-->Device "NVIDIA Quadro4 700 XGL"
(--) PCI:*(2:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV25GL [Quadro4 700 XGL] rev 163, 
Mem @ 0xdc000000/24, 0xd4000000/26, 0xd8000000/19
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
(II) NVIDIA XFree86 Driver  1.0-5336  Wed Jan 14 18:30:46 PST 2004
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all NVIDIA GPUs
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NoLogo" "True"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NoDDC" "true"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Ignoring EDIDs
(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xD4000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xDC000000
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU detected as: Quadro4 700 XGL
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.25.00.25.01
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 65536 kBytes
(II) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s): CRT-1
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-1: maximum pixel clock at  8 bpp: 
350 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-1: maximum pixel clock at 16 bpp: 
350 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-1: maximum pixel clock at 32 bpp: 
350 MHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not probing EDIDs.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Multiscan 420GS: Using hsync range of 30.00-96.00 kHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Multiscan 420GS: Using vrefresh range of 48.00-120.00 
Hz
< lots of snippage due to me not setting up hsync/vsync right in 
XF86Config >
(II) NVIDIA(0): Clock range:  12.00 to 350.00 MHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1600 x 1200
(==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
(II) NVIDIA(0): AGP 4X successfully initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1600x1200"
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NVIDIA Event Handler" 
(type: Other)

output of uname -a:

Linux Diwanda 2.6.5-rc3-mm3 #1 Thu Apr 1 01:21:12 CST 2004 i686 
unknown unknown GNU/Linux

output of grep -i 4K /usr/src/linux-`uname -r`/.config:

CONFIG_4KSTACKS=y

Using XFree 4.4 btw (don't tell RMS :o )

-- Mike