[Xorg-driver-geode] current status of X.org driver for AMD Geode GX and LX

[Warren Togami]

Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> Just a quick note to update the community on where we stand:
> 
> 
> DONE
> 
> 1) As of now, we have vcons switching and DDC probing working again.
> 
> Both issues required patching the x86emu component of X.org core
> server (3 patches: CPUID implementation, PCI bus emulation programming
> error, BIOS port blacklist). This was necessary due to the X core
> migration from its previous vm86 component. x86emu wasn't fully mature
> code and upstream X maintainers fully expected that some bugs would
> reveal themselves once the switch occurred.
> 
> The patches were prepared by Bart Trojanowski of Symbio Technologies
> and have been accepted by Ubuntu for inclusion in their upcoming Hardy
> release.
> 

Could you please point me to the exact patches for Xorg 1.3?

> 
> 
> 3) Addition of support for wide screen resolutions.
> 
> Bart Trojanowski has an experimental patch that implements this. We
> still need to ensure that it won't adversely affect operation under
> TFT panel. Help is welcome to further test this. Please report on your
> success or failures to this list.

xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.3.0.0-42.fc8
xorg-x11-drv-amd-2.7.7.6

I just tested this driver with X.org 1.3 of Fedora 8 with a TK-3550 with 
Phoenix AwardBIOS and a 20" TFT 1680x1050 widescreen monitor.  Without 
any xorg.conf X seems to deadlock with a blank screen.  Could this be 
related to my widescreen TFT, or do I need the patches to Xorg core 
mentioned above, or is this an entirely different issue?

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com