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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:06:43 +0200 From: Carlo Wood <carlo@...noe.com> To: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, eric@...olt.net, zhenyu.z.wang@...el.com Subject: Re: [AGPGART] intel_agp: use table for device probe On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 06:49:18PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > ok, then you must have CONFIG_AGP=y I do - not voluntary however. For some mysterious reason I am unable to set it to n or m. I am also not able to set CONFIG_AGP_INTEL to n, only to y or m. (using make 'menuconfig' for example). > > $ find /lib/modules -name 'agpgart.ko' > > $ /lib/modules/2.6.22-rc5-master-188e1f81ba31af1b65a2f3611df4c670b092bbac-amd64 -name '*agp*.ko' > > /lib/modules/2.6.22-rc5-master-188e1f81ba31af1b65a2f3611df4c670b092bbac-amd64/kernel/drivers/char/agp/sis-agp.ko > > /lib/modules/2.6.22-rc5-master-188e1f81ba31af1b65a2f3611df4c670b092bbac-amd64/kernel/drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.ko > > /lib/modules/2.6.22-rc5-master-188e1f81ba31af1b65a2f3611df4c670b092bbac-amd64/kernel/drivers/char/agp/via-agp.ko > > > > 2) > > > > $ strings /lib/modules/2.6.22-rc5-master-188e1f81ba31af1b65a2f3611df4c670b092bbac-amd64/kernel/drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.ko | grep 'agpgart: Detected an Intel' > > <6>agpgart: Detected an Intel %s Chipset. > > > > Hence, in the case that the kernel works, intel-agp is loaded > > WITHOUT printing this Detected line > > That doesn't make much sense. The hardware doesn't change between > a working & not-working kernel, and somehow the PCI probing fails. > Hmm, do you have CONFIG_EDAC set ? CONFIG_EDAC=m $ lsmod | grep edac $ > There's an outstanding bug (well, lack of feature) , where it claims > the PCI device before AGP gets a chance to. > This is unrelated to your hang however, but would at least explain > the inconsistent probing. > > > Perhaps my "solution" is to remove this module completely? > > I don't seem to need it. > > It's needed only for 3d, Nope - I just played UT2004 without problems, and without intel-agp loaded. > but it'd be good to figure out why its so > broken on your system, even if you don't need it. Please tell me what to do / try. I'm an experienced coder - but I never really played with the kernel before - so you'll have to spell out how to turn on debugging etc. -- Carlo Wood <carlo@...noe.com> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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