From: Andrew Apted <ajapted@netspace.net.au>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 16:14:53 +1000

Re: Kgicon & the sysctl stuff

Sengan Baring-Gould writes:

>  Ok solved it: DO NOT DO THE FOLLOWING:
>  
>                  struct ctl_table tmp_ctl
>                          = {idx+1, name, NULL, 0, 0555};
>  
>  as a local variable in a function. Gcc appears to save
>  the space on the stack and make it zero with memset.

Yeah I know.  Just committed the fix.

>  Other than that, the mediaGx driver seems to insert
>  without problem on a 5510/ICS 5543 machine, but I have
>  no cursor. Also I'm not sure whether I'm running it or
>  something else -- how can I be sure?

White flashing block cursor is a good sign.

>  By the way how do I make the /dev/fb... nodes? (Part of the
>  reason I'm unsure whether MediaGX is working).

cd into kgicon/util/fbset and make install (IIRC).

Cheers,
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