[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#675940: fglrx-driver: fglrx crashes with X server 1.12 on 64bit architecture

[The Wanderer]

On 07/18/2012 01:19 PM, Andreas Beckmann wrote:

> On 2012-07-16 15:50, The Wanderer wrote:
> 
>> According to the ati.cchtml.com bug, this is actually a problem with
>> libpciaccess not handling 64-bit pointers correctly in some cases. The
>> patch
> 
> No. libpciaccess gets passed incorrect 64bit pointers.

Ah. Then I misunderstood the explanation from that bug.

>> available there is a patch for libpciaccess, described by its author as an
>> "ugly hack" (on which I agree, as it seems to be hardware-specific to some
>> degree).
> 
> The binary blobs are passing invalid pointers, the blobs can't be patched,
> only the receiving side can be patched to work around the invalid input data.

Acknowledged. Suggestion withdrawn.

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