On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 16:48 +0200, Roland Scheidegger wrote: > Michel DÃnzer wrote: > > >> Couldn't it just use the largest GART size possible (set by the > >> bios), or would this have some negative consequences? > > > > > > It could waste a lot of RAM. > But is this a problem? It surely eats away some of the 3GB user address > space I believe (afaik the low-mem kernel address space agpgart takes is > gone anyway), but unless the driver is really stupid and just fills it > up even if it doesn't need to then I can't see a problem.
I understand that's the case, that's why I wrote 'waste a lot'. I'd love to be corrected though. > > otherwise I find this the only sane way to deal with an impossible > > configuration. > I like what's suggested by Nicolai. I tend to consider that a violation of the principle of least surprise, but I'll defer to the majority of developers. -- Earthling Michel DÃnzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. >From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
