[MPlayer-users] Radeon frambuffer use if Radeon is not primary display? (all in one)

[Brian J. Murrell]

On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 11:07:40AM +0300, Nick Kurshev wrote:
> 
> Hello, Brian!

Hi again Nick.  Before I start again, let me take a minute to thank
you very much for all of the information you have provided.  You have
been very patient with me and I do appreciate it.

> Sorry! I was wrong - only ATI All in Wonder Pro (3D Rage based):
> http://www.nix.ru/price/NIX021.shtml
> But month or two ago such chips were in shops.

OK.

> piece of code from radeonfb:
> 
> 	/* enable device */
> 	{
> 		int err;
> 
> 		if ((err = pci_enable_device(pdev))) {
> 			printk("radeonfb: cannot enable device\n");
> 			kfree (rinfo);
> 			return -ENODEV;
> 		}
> 	}
> 
> So it depends on Linux because driver uses only PCI related function from Linux kernel

Hmmmm.  Maybe this is what A'rpi was talking about when he said that
the PCI->AGP bridge on the PCI based Radeons would need to be
initialized.

> NO WARRANTIES!!! ;)

Never is.  I am not looking for warranties, just somebody, anybody who
can say "I have it working".  Then I know it's possible, just a matter
possibly of working to get it to work.

> RTFM. It works for me and I don't know what will occur for you.

So you have a Radeon displaying on your television?  That is what I am
looking for.  Confirmation that somebody has it working.

> But I hope that it will work for you because ATI produces good BIOSes.

That is good enough for me.

> Performance of framebuffer == performance of VESA == performance of DGA.

OK.  Excellent.

> radeon_vid does outperform X11 and GATOS.

Well, what more can I ask for then?  If it outperforms X11/Xvideo then
it must be really good.  And if you have TV-Out working with VESA mode
then that's a sell for me.  Now there is the only issue left, will PCI
version of a Radeon card work with VESA and radeon_vid?  Do I have
that right?  If I use VESA, I don't use radeonfb?

> For detail see: main/drivers/radeon/hacking

Just read it, for however much of it I understood.  Thanks.

> Then buy Hollywood magic card and be happy ;)

Hollywood magic card?  You lost me there.

> In VESA mode ;)

Gotcha.  As a sidebar, why does TV-Out work in VESA mode but not
framebuffer?  Does TV-Out work with XFree/Gatos?  Is lack of
TV-Out with framebuffer (radeonfb) just a coding issue or is there an
lack of information issue like the e-mail in video.html file says
there is?

> VESA on radeon enables TV-Out.

Great!

Thanks much nick!

Any suggestions as to how I can resolve the issue of whether a PCI
Radeon will work with VESA+radeon_vid to get TV-Out, without actually
going out and buying one on the chance that it might?

Does VESA+mga_vid work for G400 just like VESA+radeon_vid?  If so, I
have a G400 here that I can experiment with and see how much I like
VESA mode before I apply the same knowlege to VESA+radeon_vid.

b.

-- 
Brian J. Murrell