[ltp] i Series Rage Mobility Linux Video Driver Update

[Robert Withers]

Many thanks for the update, George!  Do you expect that it will be
nicer/perform better than SVGA?  Greater than 1024x768?  ;-)

cheers,
Rob

George Staikos wrote:
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>   I just tried the latest round of patches for XFree86 to get the ThinkPad
> working.
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>   The panel clock detection now seems to be working properly (no more 25MHz
> crap :))
> 
>   The card is properly detected as an AGP Mach 64 Rage Mobility with 230MHz
> RAMDAC and the driver loads with an apparently crisp display.
> 
>    The display is still striped and thus unusable.
> 
> Reasons for the problems that have been fixed for those who care:
>    - The video BIOS sets clock 0 to something other than the panel clock
>    - The video BIOS locks both shadow AND non-shadow registers
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> I'll keep you posted with any updates as they become available.
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> George Staikos
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