yo elazar, this module only works for ati legacy cards? or it works for the new models as well?
let me see if i can test it with my box, i run an ati x1650pro and i'll let you know
HowTo: ATI Proprietary driver kernel module for legacy ATI cards/chipsets
As some of you know, ATI dropped support for some older chipsets/cards in their later driver releases for Linux. Specifically:
Radeon 8500/9000/9100/9200/9250
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000/9100/9200
Radeon IGP 9000/9100/9200
I have an IBM Thinkpad T42 which has the Radeon 9000(FireGL). The last release that supported these chipsets was 8.28.8. The problem is that this release will only build on kernel 2.6.12(I believe) and no later. So, after slogging through numerous posts, I found a patch (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/at...l-2.6.20.patch) which patches firegl_public.c. I added a couple of more patches and combined it into one patch which builds on BT.
Note:
I have only been running this for a day or so with some light testing, so proceed with caution
Q. Why would I want this?
A. If you are running an older ATI chipset chances are OpenGL is handled by the Mesa Project OpenGL libraries. Using the proprietary ATI driver enables the hardware handling of OpenGL and enables hardware acceleration.
Q. Are there any benefits?
A. I have noticed a slight increase in KDE performance in respect to some styles that use OpenGL
1. Download the 8.28.8 driver from ATI's website:
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/l...-r-8-28-8.html
You want the driver installer package(first choice).
2. Set the execute permission on the package and install the it.
3. The Patch
Copy and paste this into a new file, save it as fglrx-2.6.20.patch
4. Copy the patch to /lib/modules/fglrx/build_modCode:Common subdirectories: ./build_mod.back/2.6.x and ./build_mod/2.6.x 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,arg3) \ +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,arg3) \ +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)
5. Patch the files
6. Before we build it, we need to add a line to an include. Locate mm.h in /lib/modules/2.6.20-BT.../build/include/linux/ and add the following line to the top:Code:patch -b -i fglrx-2.6.20.patch
7. Set the execute permission on make.sh and run it. It will complain about some stuff but it will build the module.Code:#define VM_SHM 0x00000000 /* Means nothing: delete it later */
8. Now, the module is in the 2.6.x directory under build_mod. I did not use the installer script, instead, I copied the module to /lib/modules/2.6.20-BT.../extra. You can do as you wish.
9. Logout of KDE and run aticonfig --initial.
10. Reboot.
11. startx will load the kernel module, however, from what I have read, it is preferable to load it when the system boots(rc.local etc).
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/mybrain
yo elazar, this module only works for ati legacy cards? or it works for the new models as well?
let me see if i can test it with my box, i run an ati x1650pro and i'll let you know
It probably will, however if you are using a card that is supported by their latest driver release then you should go with that.
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/mybrain
Note: This may work with generic 2.6.20 kernels too, I haven't tested it though. If you have upgraded your kernel, most likely you have upgraded X too, which means this will not work, because X dropped support for the DRI modules used in this driver because those modules were compiled against an older version of X. Rule of thumb is, if you can install the ATI 8.28.8 driver, then this should work too.
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/mybrain
I ended up sticking with radeon driver from X, updated Mesa and the DRI libs(compiled Mesa 7.0.1 using make linux-dri-x86). glxgears reports 2100FPS(I don't know how accurate this is) but, it is faster than the legacy ATI driver, so unless you absolutely need hardware acceleration, this tutorial is moot...
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dd if=/dev/urandom of=/mybrain
Would this WalkThrough work with a Radeon 9200 and X.org 7.2 ?
On patching the file, I get the following error :
Then on trying ./make.sh I get the following msg ...Code:patching file agp3.c patching file agpgart_be.c patching file drm.h patching file drmP.h patching file firegl_public.c Hunk #5 FAILED at 1648. 1 out of 5 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file firegl_public.c.rej patching file i7505-agp.c patching file make.sh patching file nvidia-agp.c Hunk #1 succeeded at 5 with fuzz 1.
Thanks in advance for your helpCode:[root@localhost build_mod]# ./make.sh ATI module generator V 2.0 ========================== initializing... ./make.sh: line 518: [: =: unary operator expected cleaning... patching 'highmem.h'... assuming new VMA API since we do have kernel 2.6.x... Assuming default VMAP API doing Makefile based build for kernel 2.6.x and higher make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22.9-desktop-1mdv/build SUBDIRS=/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.9-desktop-1mdv' CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘firegl_stub_open’: /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:622: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘__ke_pci_find_device’: /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:1827: warning: ‘pci_find_device’ is deprecated (declared at include/linux/pci.h:477) /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘__ke_request_irq’: /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2539: warning: ‘deprecated_irq_flag’ is deprecated (declared at include/linux/interrupt.h:66) /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2539: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘request_irq’ from incompatible pointer type /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘__ke_vm_map’: /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3222: error: ‘VM_SHM’ undeclared (first use in this function) /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3222: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3222: error: for each function it appears in.) /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘__ke_smp_call_function’: /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3927: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘smp_call_function’ from incompatible pointer type make[2]: *** [/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [_module_/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.9-desktop-1mdv' make: *** [kmod_build] Error 2 build failed with return value 2
Did you download the correct version of driver? You should be using 8.28.8. Also, from the compiler output, it looks like you forgot to add VM_SHM to mm.h. As I previously posted, you are better off using the Xorg radeon driver...
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dd if=/dev/urandom of=/mybrain
Did you ever figure the problem out? I am also receiving the duplicate error.Originally Posted by James_vw
On patching the file, I get the following error :
Then on trying ./make.sh I get the following msg ...Code:patching file agp3.c patching file agpgart_be.c patching file drm.h patching file drmP.h patching file firegl_public.c Hunk #5 FAILED at 1648. 1 out of 5 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file firegl_public.c.rej patching file i7505-agp.c patching file make.sh patching file nvidia-agp.c Hunk #1 succeeded at 5 with fuzz 1.
Thanks in advance for your helpCode:[root@localhost build_mod]# ./make.sh ATI module generator V 2.0 ========================== initializing... ./make.sh: line 518: [: =: unary operator expected cleaning... patching 'highmem.h'... assuming new VMA API since we do have kernel 2.6.x... Assuming default VMAP API doing Makefile based build for kernel 2.6.x and higher make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22.9-desktop-1mdv/build SUBDIRS=/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.9-desktop-1mdv' CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘firegl_stub_open’: /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:622: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘__ke_pci_find_device’: /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:1827: warning: ‘pci_find_device’ is deprecated (declared at include/linux/pci.h:477) /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘__ke_request_irq’: /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2539: warning: ‘deprecated_irq_flag’ is deprecated (declared at include/linux/interrupt.h:66) /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2539: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘request_irq’ from incompatible pointer type /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘__ke_vm_map’: /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3222: error: ‘VM_SHM’ undeclared (first use in this function) /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3222: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3222: error: for each function it appears in.) /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘__ke_smp_call_function’: /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3927: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘smp_call_function’ from incompatible pointer type make[2]: *** [/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [_module_/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.9-desktop-1mdv' make: *** [kmod_build] Error 2 build failed with return value 2
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