FireMV 2200 vs CustomEDID

[Csillag Kristof]

Adam Jackson wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 03:35 +0200, Csillag Kristof wrote:
>
>   
>> It looks better now, but still, no image on my monitor.
>> Do you have any other suggestions?
>>     
>
> Sure, you're running on the wrong radeon:
>
> (--) PCI:*(0:1:5:0) 1002:791f:103c:302b ATI Technologies Inc RS690M
> [Radeon X1200 Series] rev 0, Mem @ 0xfa000000/33554432,
> 0xfddf0000/65536, 0xfdc00000/1048576, I/O @ 0x0000ee00/256
>
> followed by...
>
> (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01 at 00:05:0
>
> followed by an ATOMBIOS output table dump.  FireMV 2200 is an RV280 and
> thus is not ATOM.  Go into your BIOS options and either disable
> integrated graphics or set external graphics to be primary.
>   
A bit more background info:

RS690M is the integrated chipset.
FireMV 2200 (aka RV280) is the PCI add-on card.

Since I am aiming for triple-head, eventually I need both devices.

If I configure the BIOS so that the external graphics (rv280) is
primary, the RS690M completely disappears - even from lspci.

If I configure the integrated chipset (rs690m) to be primary, both cards
are visible and usable, so this is what I do.

Since the integrated RS690M already works properly (both with normal
monitors, and with the flaky one with CustomEDID), I am now testing the
external rv280 card. To do this, I have specified the PCI ID in the X
config (BusID "PCI:3:6:0"), so I am using this card.

The X log confirms this:

"(--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI FireMV 2200 (PCI)" (ChipID = 0x5965)"

Also, when things works (ie. not doing CustomEDID testing), the monitors
connected to the sockets of the external card are activated properly.

   * * *

So, I think I am running on the right Radeon.

(Please do correct me if I am wrong.)

Thank you:

   Kristof Csillag