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XFree86 4.1.0, Linux/ia64, and various video cards

Linux-ia64 Marc Aurele La France 2 participants 2 messages Jul 26, 2001

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Quoted 8 lines · Branden Robinson

Here's a report on some hardware testing we've been doing at Progeny:

The tests were conducted using a patched version of 4.1.0 for Debian and Progeny that works around a problem with PIC symbols being absent in static libraries, which powerpc, ia64, and hppa (among possible others) do not tolerate. At the same time, PIC symbols in X server modules cause the X server to segfault. I'll be submitting this patch to XFree86 shortly.

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The tests were run on an HP Workstation i2000.

5) ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP
The server crashed on startup with a SIGILL; a log file is attached. I presume the atimisc driver has not yet been ported to ia64.

Err. The ATI driver was one of the ones used to do the port.

No attachment present.

Marc.

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Quoted 1 line · Marc Aurele La France

Err. The ATI driver was one of the ones used to do the port.

Hrm. That's interesting. :)

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No attachment present.

I forgot, and the followup message that included them is now stuck in xpert's moderator queue for being too large. *sigh*

I'll send you a copy of the ATI log privately.

BTW, if folks on the linux-ia64 list would Cc me on replies, I'd appreciate it.

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