[Xorg-driver-geode] GX by natsemi/cyrix on WYSE

[scott lorberbaum]

here is the output of lspci -v

you are right we have the 5530.........so is there any way to run an old
driver or older version of X or anything to that extent?

lspci -v output:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Cyrix Corporation PCI Master
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815
(MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
        Subsystem: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815
(MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at ef00 [size=256]
        Memory at fbffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Expansion ROM at fbfe0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: natsemi
        Kernel modules: natsemi

00:12.0 ISA bridge: Cyrix Corporation 5530 Legacy [Kahlua] (rev 30)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64

00:12.1 Bridge: Cyrix Corporation 5530 SMI [Kahlua]
        Flags: medium devsel
        Memory at 40012000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]

00:12.2 IDE interface: Cyrix Corporation 5530 IDE [Kahlua] (prog-if 80
[Master])
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
        [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[disabled] [size=8]
        [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable)
[disabled] [size=1]
        [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[disabled] [size=8]
        [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable)
[disabled] [size=1]
        I/O ports at fc00 [size=128]
        Kernel driver in use: pata_cs5530
        Kernel modules: pata_cs5530

00:12.3 Multimedia audio controller: Cyrix Corporation 5530 Audio
[Kahlua]
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
        Memory at 40011000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
        Kernel driver in use: CS5530_Audio
        Kernel modules: snd-cs5530, kahlua

00:12.4 VGA compatible controller: Cyrix Corporation 5530 Video [Kahlua]
        Flags: medium devsel
        Memory at 40010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Kernel modules: gx1fb

00:13.0 USB Controller: Compaq Computer Corporation ZFMicro Chipset USB
(rev 06) (prog-if 10)
        Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation ZFMicro Chipset USB
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
        Memory at fbfff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

Thanks,
  Scott


> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Cyrix Corporation PCI Master
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
> 
> 00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
>         Subsystem: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
>         I/O ports at ef00 [size=256]
>         Memory at fbffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
>         Expansion ROM at fbfe0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
>         Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
>         Kernel driver in use: natsemi
>         Kernel modules: natsemi
> 
> 00:12.0 ISA bridge: Cyrix Corporation 5530 Legacy [Kahlua] (rev 30)
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
> 
> 00:12.1 Bridge: Cyrix Corporation 5530 SMI [Kahlua]
>         Flags: medium devsel
>         Memory at 40012000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
> 


Scott
On Tue, 2010-10-05 at 00:12 +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:51 PM, scott lorberbaum <ugascottl at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'v been using some WYSE terminals for years with an older gentoo distro
> > as ltsp thin clients.  They use the "nsc" driver and the video card is
> > recognized and picked up perfectly.
> 
> Could we get the result of "lspci -v" sent to this list as an
> attachment? This would help us pinpoint exactly which Geode variant
> you have.
> 
> > We are currently updating to ubuntu 10.04 lucid and trying to run the
> > same thin clients but they keep booting up with the VESA driver.  I've
> > installed the "geode" driver in the thin client and told the thin client
> > to use that driver, but the machine does one of a couple of things.
> 
> The Cyrix and NSC drivers no longer ship with most Linux distributions
> because they have become unmaintained. This is why you see X fall back
> to the VESA driver.
> 
> > 1) will just boot up into the VESA driver instead, looking further up in
> > the Xorg.log log file it says it was trying to load the cyrix driver but
> > it doesn't exist. and then proceeds to the VESA.
> 
> There is our answer then: you probably have an original GX with a
> CS5530a companion chip. Still, it would be good to get the ouput of
> "lspci -v" as an attachment, just to confirm.
> 
> >   there isn't even a cyrix driver anymore ..right isn't it the geode driver now?
> 
> The Geode driver currently supports the GX2 and LX variants of the
> Geode family. Older products based upon the GX1 generation are not
> supported. We've had distant plans to import GX1 support into our
> driver, but given how old that generation is, priorities have been on
> the LX support, since LX hardware is still sold by AMD.
> 
> Our next target is to overhaul GX2 support.  As you can see, our GX1
> integration is rather low-priority. See (
> http://www.x.org/wiki/GeodeDriver ) for our current project targets
> and milestones.
> 
> This being said, if there is enough demand, we might get around
> merging GX1 sooner. AMD developers read this mailing list and can
> inform their managers if there's sufficient demand to support older
> products, which could raise the priority of the GX1 support in our
> development efforts.
> 
> I hope that the above helps.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Martin-Éric