25494 – kernels lack nvidia agpgart support. can not use other than nvidia gfx cards on nforce2 chipset

Bug 25494 - kernels lack nvidia agpgart support. can not use other than nvidia gfx cards on nforce2 chipset

Summary: kernels lack nvidia agpgart support. can not use other than nvidia gfx cards ...

Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Release Media
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High major (vote)
Assignee:	Bob Johnson (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2003-07-29 02:51 UTC by Radoslaw Stachowiak (RETIRED)
Modified:	2004-01-20 21:02 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Radoslaw Stachowiak (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-07-29 02:51:40 UTC

as in summary.
patch for agpgart is available in nvidia drivers for nforce

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. jsut boot it with ati card. no chances to start xfree.

Comment 1 Rahul Karnik 2003-08-05 18:12:10 UTC

This is fixed with current kernels, correct? Maybe this bug can be closed.

Comment 2 Radoslaw Stachowiak (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-08-06 00:39:29 UTC

as for current gs-sources (2.4.22_pre2) nvidia nforce2 agpgart is included and everything is ok. as for previous kernels (2.4.21..) bug exist.

Comment 3 Stephane Loeuillet 2003-09-29 14:38:12 UTC

what he means his that current NVAGP GART code would only work with a NVIDIA
gfx card inside, but not with any other brand.

i know it was the case but i think that now this is no more
(in fact, in 2.6, i'm really not sure for 2.4)

right or wrong, it is not a gentoo bug, but a kernel bug/mis-feature

Comment 4 Graeme Humphries 2003-10-24 19:16:11 UTC

Actually, using gs-sources 2.4.23_pre7 and a Radeon 8500 (with the XFree
DRM drivers) causes my system to lock incredibly hard (hard reset only solution),
so some sort of bug has been reintroduced since the fixes in pfeifer-sources
2.4.20.

Comment 5 Bob Johnson (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-01-20 17:00:25 UTC

reopen if new kernels/drivers have not fixed

Comment 6 Graeme Humphries 2004-01-20 21:02:31 UTC

I've had no problems with recent kernels and my ATI card, so I'd say this is a good and closed. :)