Re: VGA and pci_enable_device (was Re: Linux 2.4.0test1-ac6)

From: James Simmons (jsimmons@acsu.buffalo.edu)
Date: Tue May 30 2000 - 19:28:41 EST


> In practise, very few fbdev drivers support multi-head, so an
> fbdev-correct hardware setup should never have this conflict occur.
> However users who don't know this will get bitten if they stick two PCI
> VGA cards into the computer, and try to get both going with fbdev
> drivers.

I have had this problem. I found I have to run a x86 bios emulator to get
a second card going.

> The correct solution is to implement PCI VGA region sharing, a la
> XFree4's resource access control (RAC). Until fbdev gets that, problems
> related to sharing the VGA region will continue to crop up.

Which files in the X server tree have this code? I like to take a look at
this code.

Q: Why did they deprecate a.out support in linux?
A: Because a nasty coff is bad for your elf.

James Simmons [jsimmons@linux-fbdev.org] ____/|
fbdev/console/gfx developer \ o.O|
http://www.linux-fbdev.org =(_)=
http://linuxgfx.sourceforge.net U
http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net

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