Granny & All:
I'm currently preparing a detail Guide/FAQ on how to install the legacy ATI driver 8.28.8 (R9200, R9250, etc..) to work with the new kernel line specifically on VectorLinux. So far it compiles and installs perfectly and the only problem is that uppon startup, XOrg can't find the module. This is however not that complicated to solve I believe. So here are the basic steps to install it with VectorLinux:
1. Get the "fglrx_6_8_0-8.28.8-1.i386.rpm" packages from the ATI page. It's the last driver to support legacy cards, so you should find it under "Radeon 9250/9200/..."
2. Execute "rpm2tgz" on it.
3. Login as root and extract it using:
"gunzip fglrx_6_8_0-8.28.8-1.i386.tgz"
"tar -xvvf fglrx_6_8_0-8.28.8-1.i386.tar -C / "
4. So far so good, now you need to patch the module to compile with new kernels. Not an easy task, took me a week to write the patch. Here is it (Granny, provide with a mail address and I'll send you the file):
diff -uN ./build_mod.back/agp3.c ./build_mod/agp3.c
--- ./build_mod.back/agp3.c 2006-08-17 16:10:12.000000000 +0000
+++ ./build_mod/agp3.c 2007-10-18 23:19:38.000000000 +0000
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@
*
*/
+#include <linux/utsrelease.h>
#include <linux/version.h>
#ifdef MODVERSIONS
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,71)
#include <linux/modversions.h>
#endif
#endif
-#include <linux/config.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
diff -uN ./build_mod.back/agpgart_be.c ./build_mod/agpgart_be.c
--- ./build_mod.back/agpgart_be.c 2006-08-17 16:10:12.000000000 +0000
+++ ./build_mod/agpgart_be.c 2007-10-18 23:20:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
#define EXPORT_SYMTAB
#endif /* Original AGPGART module */
+#include <linux/utsrelease.h>
#include <linux/version.h>
#ifdef MODVERSIONS
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,71)
@@ -99,7 +100,6 @@
#endif
#endif
-#include <linux/config.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
diff -uN ./build_mod.back/drm.h ./build_mod/drm.h
--- ./build_mod.back/drm.h 2006-08-17 16:10:12.000000000 +0000
+++ ./build_mod/drm.h 2007-10-18 23:18:17.000000000 +0000
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
#define _DRM_H_
#if defined(__linux__)
-#include <linux/config.h>
#include <asm/ioctl.h> /* For _IO* macros */
#define DRM_IOCTL_NR(n) _IOC_NR(n)
#define DRM_IOC_VOID _IOC_NONE
diff -uN ./build_mod.back/drmP.h ./build_mod/drmP.h
--- ./build_mod.back/drmP.h 2006-08-17 16:10:13.000000000 +0000
+++ ./build_mod/drmP.h 2007-10-18 23:20:50.000000000 +0000
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
* can build the DRM (part of PI DRI). 4/21/2000 S + B */
#include <asm/current.h>
#endif /* __alpha__ */
-#include <linux/config.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
@@ -51,6 +50,7 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/file.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>
+#include <linux/utsrelease.h>
#include <linux/version.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/smp_lock.h> /* For (un)lock_kernel */
diff -uN ./build_mod.back/firegl_public.c ./build_mod/firegl_public.c
--- ./build_mod.back/firegl_public.c 2006-08-17 16:10:13.000000000 +0000
+++ ./build_mod/firegl_public.c 2007-10-18 23:21:18.000000000 +0000
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#endif /* !MODULE */
// ============================================================
+#include <linux/utsrelease.h>
#include <linux/version.h>
#ifdef MODVERSIONS
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,71)
@@ -69,7 +70,6 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_MEM_MIRROR
/* Prevent linux/config.h from being included again in subsequent
* kernel headers as that would redefine CONFIG_MEM_MIRROR. */
-#include <linux/config.h>
#warning "Disabling CONFIG_MEM_MIRROR because it does not work with non-GPL modules."
#warning "This will break page tracking when the fglrx kernel module is used."
#undef CONFIG_MEM_MIRROR
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
#include <asm/unistd.h> /* for installing the patch wrapper */
#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/config.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
@@ -176,6 +175,70 @@
int errno;
#endif // __ia64__
+#if defined(__i386__)
+#define __syscall_return(type, res) \
+do { \
+ if ((unsigned long)(res) >= (unsigned long)(-(128 + 1))) { \
+ errno = -(res); \
+ res = -1; \
+ } \
+ return (type) (res); \
+} while (0)
+#define _syscall2(type,name,type1,arg1,type2,arg2) \
+type name(type1 arg1,type2 arg2) \
+{ \
+long __res; \
+__asm__ volatile ("push %%ebx ; movl %2,%%ebx ; int $0x80 ; pop %%ebx" \
+ : "=a" (__res) \
+ : "0" (__NR_##name),"ri" ((long)(arg1)),"c" ((long)(arg2)) \
+ : "memory"); \
+__syscall_return(type,__res); \
+}
+
+#define _syscall3(type,name,type1,arg1,type2,arg2,type3,ar g3) \
+type name(type1 arg1,type2 arg2,type3 arg3) \
+{ \
+long __res; \
+__asm__ volatile ("push %%ebx ; movl %2,%%ebx ; int $0x80 ; pop %%ebx" \
+ : "=a" (__res) \
+ : "0" (__NR_##name),"ri" ((long)(arg1)),"c" ((long)(arg2)), \
+ "d" ((long)(arg3)) : "memory"); \
+__syscall_return(type,__res); \
+}
+#elif defined(__x86_64__)
+#define __syscall_clobber "r11","rcx","memory"
+#define __syscall "syscall"
+
+#define __syscall_return(type, res) \
+do { \
+ if ((unsigned long)(res) >= (unsigned long)(-127)) { \
+ errno = -(res); \
+ res = -1; \
+ } \
+ return (type) (res); \
+} while (0)
+#define _syscall2(type,name,type1,arg1,type2,arg2) \
+type name(type1 arg1,type2 arg2) \
+{ \
+long __res; \
+__asm__ volatile (__syscall \
+ : "=a" (__res) \
+ : "0" (__NR_##name),"D" ((long)(arg1)),"S" ((long)(arg2)) : __syscall_clobber ); \
+__syscall_return(type,__res); \
+}
+
+#define _syscall3(type,name,type1,arg1,type2,arg2,type3,ar g3) \
+type name(type1 arg1,type2 arg2,type3 arg3) \
+{ \
+long __res; \
+__asm__ volatile (__syscall \
+ : "=a" (__res) \
+ : "0" (__NR_##name),"D" ((long)(arg1)),"S" ((long)(arg2)), \
+ "d" ((long)(arg3)) : __syscall_clobber); \
+__syscall_return(type,__res); \
+}
+#endif
+
// int mlock(const void *addr, size_t len);
_syscall2(int, mlock, const void *, addr, size_t, len )
// int munlock(const void *addr, size_t len);
@@ -1585,7 +1648,7 @@
// To enable serial port debug message dumping,just define _KE_SERIAL_DEBUG in firegl_public.h file.
// Connect two PC with a null modern serial cable. run Hyper ternimal on the remote machine.
// It's useful to debug resume if network not works properly and serial port is not recovered
-// properly when fglrx resume hook is called...
+// properly when fglrx resume hook is called...
#define SER_DATA_PORT 0x3f8
diff -uN ./build_mod.back/i7505-agp.c ./build_mod/i7505-agp.c
--- ./build_mod.back/i7505-agp.c 2006-08-17 16:10:12.000000000 +0000
+++ ./build_mod/i7505-agp.c 2007-10-18 23:21:35.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
* - Allocate more than order 0 pages to avoid too much linear map splitting.
*/
+#include <linux/utsrelease.h>
#include <linux/version.h>
#ifdef MODVERSIONS
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,71)
diff -uN ./build_mod.back/make.sh ./build_mod/make.sh
--- ./build_mod.back/make.sh 2006-08-17 16:10:12.000000000 +0000
+++ ./build_mod/make.sh 2007-10-18 23:18:17.000000000 +0000
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@
# ================================================== ============
# locate and verify contents of kernel include file path
-# verify match with respective line in linux/version.h
+# verify match with respective line in linux/utsrelease.h
# sample: #define UTS_RELEASE "2.4.0-test7"
-src_file=$linuxincludes/linux/version.h
+src_file=$linuxincludes/linux/utsrelease.h
if [ ! -e $src_file ];
then
echo "kernel includes at $linuxincludes not found or incomplete" | tee -a $logfile
diff -uN ./build_mod.back/nvidia-agp.c ./build_mod/nvidia-agp.c
--- ./build_mod.back/nvidia-agp.c 2006-08-17 16:10:12.000000000 +0000
+++ ./build_mod/nvidia-agp.c 2007-10-18 23:21:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
* generci back port to 2.4 and module embedding by Alexander Stohr.
*/
+#include <linux/utsrelease.h>
#include <linux/version.h>
#ifdef MODVERSIONS
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,71)
Save this file as "fglrx.patch" in the "/lib/modules/build_mod/"
Change to that directory as root and apply the patch with:
"patch -p2 -l -b -i fglrx.patch"
5. Modify the file "mm.h" in "/usr/src/linux-`uname -r`/include/linux" by adding the following line:
#define VM_SHM 0x00000000
Do not be worried, as this means nothing.
6. Execute
"chmod 744 make.sh"
"chmod 744 ../install.sh"
to make the scripts executable.
7. Execute
"./make.sh" to compile module
"../install.sh" to install module
8. We are done. Execute "aticonfig --initial" and reboot. Say Hello to your ATI drivers!!!! Try "modprobe fglrx" to convince yourself
One issue remains unresolved. startx reports "Failed to load module 'fglrx' (module does not exist, 0)". That error is pretty illogical since modprobe loads the driver propertly. 'depmod -a' also didn't help. I'm however certain that it's just a minor issue and will be solved quickly with the help of you, Vectorians!!!
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