[Xorg-driver-geode] Geode GX2 + CS5535 broken GPIO

[Jordan Crouse]

On 06/08/08 10:40 +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> On 8/5/08, Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse at amd.com> wrote:
> > On 05/08/08 12:50 -0400, Gideon Romm wrote:
> >  > On Geode GX2 units with CS5535 companion board, the geode driver breaks
> >  > with:
> >  >
> >  > "Could not find the GPIO I/O base"
> >
> >  Hmm - I'm assuming that you are not using pciaccess - it should still
> >  work for pciaccess, since the 5535 ISA device is in the same slot as
> >  the 5536.
> 
> libpciaccess appeared with X core 1.5. He is using 1.4 from Ubuntu/Hardy.
> 
> >  > I wonder why it was necessary to introduce the hard code for the CS5536.
> >
> >  Just an oversight.
> >
> >  > Also, I do not see any xorg.conf flag or option to disable the DDC probing.
> >  > I think disabling the DDC probe for now, would allow me to use the geode
> >  > driver on this board.
> >
> >  There isn't an xorg.conf option.  If the 'nsc' driver works for you,
> >  then use that.  Otherwise, you can add a check for the 5535 ISA
> >  device in geode_ddc.c as well (the device number is 0x002b100b).
> >
> >  I'll fix all of the above for the next -geode version.  Thanks
> >  for the bug report.
> 
> If this fix can be commited to GIT during August, I should be able to
> put that as a patch to 2.10.0 for Debian/Lenny and Ubuntu/Intrepid,
> before they hit final freeze.

When is final freeze?

Jordan

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Jordan Crouse
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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.