linux-kernel - Re: DRI/AGP on AMD64 based machine

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:17:50 +1000
From:	"Dave Airlie" <airlied@...il.com>
To:	"Carlo Wood" <carlo@...noe.com>, "Dave Jones" <davej@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: DRI/AGP on AMD64 based machine

On 6/14/07, Carlo Wood <carlo@...noe.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 12:29:25PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> > For the sake of AGP, we only use the on-CPU GART.
> > The (nvidia) chipset one is ignored.
> >
> > If amd64-agp isn't working for you, attach your dmesg.
> > (You can also confirm its working by running testgart[1])
>
> Hi Dave, I have an amd64 box for which every kernel
> after 2.6.18 hangs during boot, so I have no dmesg :(
>
> I used git bisect to find out where the problem patch is,
> and assuming bisect works (imho it jumped between versions
> very weirdly: closing in on the last 6 revisions, it
> jumped from 2.6.18 to 2.6.18-rc2 to 2.6.18-rc6), the problem
> is a patch in intel-agp.c, where support for the intel 965G
> is added (which I have).

How do you have a 965G in an amd64 box? does not compute.

Dave.
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