--- On Fri, 5/27/11, Clemens Eisserer <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Clemens Eisserer <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] frame buffer compression and 915GM > To: "intel-gfx" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, May 27, 2011, 6:50 PM > I also get "FBC unsupported on this > chipset" with 2.6.38.6 on i945GM, > although I can remember it used to work a year ago or so. > Have there been some correctness checks that disable it on > hardware > known to be bugged? > > Thanks, Clemens Unsupported, disabled, enabled are different things. If FBC supported it can be disabled/enabled. If it is unsupported it means that something is wrong with detection, because second OS on the same laptop - 3 years old OpenSuse uses it without problems. Thank you. > > 2011/5/27 SD <[email protected]>: > > OK, thank you. I checked it, and I got unexpected > answer - > > > > FBC unsupported on this chipset. > > > > > > But on my old OpenSuse: > > > > X.Org X Server 1.5.2 > > Release Date: 10 October 2008 > > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 > > Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX > > Current Operating System: Linux linux-xmc2 > 2.6.27.45-0.1-pae #1 SMP 2010-02-22 16:49:47 +0100 i686 > > Build Date: 22 September 2010 11:23:20AM > > ... > > > > (**) intel(0): Option "FramebufferCompression" "on" > > ... > > (**) intel(0): Framebuffer compression enabled > > ... > > > > As you can see - It was supported 3 years ago. > > > > I would like to know why now FBC becomes unsupported > ? > > > > Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > > Intel-gfx mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx > > > _______________________________________________ > Intel-gfx mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx > _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
