[PATCH] geode: Add a VSA2 ID for General Software

Mart Raudsepp mart.raudsepp at artecdesign.ee
Thu Jun 12 19:02:06 EDT 2008


> So it turns out that GSW has a different VSA ID then the
> GeodeROM/Insyde version, which was causing some exciting
> fun for lxfb users in particular.  The attached patch checks
> for both IDs, and should make everything better.  This is an
> urgent patch that needs to be sent to Linus ASAP, but I need
> some testing on it first.  Anybody with a GSW board, give
> this patch a spin and make sure that geode_has_vsa2() returns
> true.

It appears to work for me on our General Software BIOS without the patch,
as it turned out I was simply missing CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE in the
problematic kernels configuration, as pointed out further in this thread.
So I doubt testing the patch by me with our GSW BIOS will give any useful
information.
Thanks for inadvertently finding my embarrassing kernel misconfiguration
in the process of the discussion.


Regards,
Mart Raudsepp





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