Re: Loongson console display text
On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 08:15:07PM +0200, David Kuehling wrote:
> >>>>> "Tzafrir" == Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.org.il> writes:
> > Is this patch Loongson-specific?
>
> Looks like the 3rd hunk of the
> 99_xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.3-fix-loongson.diff is the culprit here.
> It adds Loongsoon-specific SIMD optimizations to X-video.
>
> I can't find any CPU detection, so the patch makes the siliconmotion
> video driver loongson specific. Whoever did this did not spend any
> thoughts about upstream, just tried to somehow make it work for himself.
>
> Looks like it could be safe to remove the simd stuff by omitting hunks 3
> and 4 of the patch.
>
> Other parts of the patch change the behaviour of many parts without any
> options to select the old behaviour, so I guess this stuff also might
> make upstream unhappy.
I figured I'd try this. Removed those two hunks. Re-applied patch.
Builds fine. Still segfaults.
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