On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 21:19:14 +0100, Dag Bakke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Jon Smirl wrote: > > > On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 12:45:54 -0500 (EST), Vladimir Dergachev > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Jon Smirl wrote: > >> > >>> On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 12:15:18 -0500 (EST), Vladimir Dergachev > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> I would find it useful if someone came up with a standard kernel space > >>>>> V4L radeon driver instead of the Gatos stuff. > >>>> > >>>> By "standard" you mean "self-contained", right ? > >>> > >>> One that doesn't depend on X being there. > >>> > >>> Can one be build now that just ignores the memory management hooks? > >> > >> Sure, but you would have to give up using X on that card. > > > > Is memory management the only reason you need to give up on X? > > I may possibly be way off here, but can the neomagic hack be a useful > (interim) model here? > > (from 'man neomagic') > > Option "OverlayMem" "integer" > Reserve the given amount of memory (in bytes) for the XVideo > overlay. On boards with limited memory, display of large XVideo > buffers might fail due to insufficient available memory. Using > this option solves the problem at the expense of reducing the > memory available for other operations. For full-resolution > DVDs, 829440 bytes (720x576x2) are necessary. > > Works for me. > > Dag B > >
I believe this was more of a hack to get around the limitations of the old X memory manager. It only allowed you to use memory that was within the limits of the 2d engine. Alex ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
