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Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o> writes: |
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> On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Don Wilburn <bodhisattva@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Dear silent alpha list, |
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>> I got X to work with my GeForce card and the nv driver. It was functional, |
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>> but underwhelming. So, I got a PCI Radeon card via eBay. |
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>> Specifically, it's a Visiontek 9250. The lspci output calls it an RV280 |
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>> 9200 PRO. So far, I can't get X to work. |
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>> Like nouveau for my nVidia card, the kernel DRM radeon module won't load. |
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>> Running modprobe radeon fails and says "Exec format error." The dmesg |
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>> output says something about "Relocation (type 4) overflow vs |
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>> radeon_resume_kms." |
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>> Question 1: Does the kernel module work with any alpha, or is it just mine? |
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> It should work. My complete guess is that the module is too large. |
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> Maybe try building it into your kernel? I suspect that might make the |
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> problem more obvious. |
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Relocation type 4 is R_ALPHA_LITERAL aka "GP relative 16 bit w/optimization" |
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so it can easily overflow if things get large. Building it into the kernel |
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should either work or fail to link at all, hopefully with a more elaborate |
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error message. |
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Also, which kernel version are you using? Prior to 3.9, the kernel used |
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the -msmall-data option, which made it especially prone to this kind of |
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overflow. |
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Måns Rullgård |
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