slightly OT: kernel options for ATI fglrx?

Michel Dänzer michel at daenzer.net
Thu Jan 27 19:33:32 PST 2005


On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 02:08 +0100, Peter Karlsson wrote:
> 
> CONFIG_AGP=y		;agpgart is required
> CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=y	;my chipset is intel...
> CONFIG_DRM=y
> CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=y
> CONFIG_SHMEM=y		;sharedmem is required
> 
> xorg.conf:
> Option "UseInternalAGPGART"         "yes"

It's not a good idea to use the internal AGP driver when the kernel's
AGP support is active as well.

> I know it's unnecessary to keep the drm's [...]

Not only unnecessary but actually problematic for using fglrx with cards
supported by the kernel's DRM.


PS: This isn't just slightly OT here, please take it somewhere where it
isn't.

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