[MPlayer-users] [bug] mga_vid Vs linux 2.5.44-ac2

[Nyk Tarr]

On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 10:15:18PM +0200, Arpi wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi,
> 
> > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > I'm not sure if this is going to be a problem, but mga_vid.o does some
> > nasty things (corrupts the display and hangs the system) when compiled
> > for and used with linux kernel 2.5.44-ac2. It worked perfectly with
> > 2.5.42-ac1, but I'm no C programmer and there are quite a few changes.
> > 
> > 2.5 will soon become 2.6, but I have no idea if the changes introduced
> > in this kernel will transfer to 2.6...
> 
> i know...
> but it Oops while booting on my system, and also doesn't support my scsi
> controller so i can't even test it.
> Last time i tried from ide hdd, it destroyed my raid1 (mirror) so i won't
> try it again until someone says it's really stable.

Fair comment.

I tried it on the basis that Alan Cox claims his branch has stable IDE
code that won't corrupt data, but I can see why you don't try and I
don't blame you. ^_^

I'm learning a bit of C, so if I can work it out, I'll re-post.

Thanks,
Nyk
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