Gentoo Archives: gentoo-sparc

From: Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o>
To: gentoo-sparc@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-sparc] Re: afbinit failure with 2.6.15 kernels (can no longer load Elite graphics microcode). (fwd)
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:05:55
Message-Id: Pine.LNX.4.64.0601310103500.10783@terciopelo.krait.us
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4 For your information in case you are running into this.
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6 Regards,
7 Ferris
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9 Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o>
10 Developer, Gentoo Linux (sparc, devrel)
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13 Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:59:01 -0800 (PST)
14 From: David S. Miller <davem@×××××××××.net>
15 To: fmccor@g.o
16 Cc: sparclinux@×××××××××××.org, sparc@g.o
17 Subject: Re: afbinit failure with 2.6.15 kernels (can no longer load Elite
18 graphics microcode).
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20 From: Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o>
21 Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:34:26 +0000
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23 >
24 > With kernel-2.6.15 series, the program for loading Elite graphics
25 > microcode fails:
26 >
27 > Is this a known problem, or is the fix for afbinit known?
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29 It's a known problem, something is buggered up in afbinit
30 because the change made to the kernel that creates this
31 problem is totally correct.
32
33 I'll try to look into it soon, I have AFB hardware here on
34 which I can reproduce.
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