K8M890

How to get DRM working

You can use current stable version in your kernel or latest version from git

Stable version:
You need kernel sources and this patch k8m890ce-kernel-drm.patch
Follow this steps

Compile the modules
cd /usr/src/linux
patch -p1 < /path/to/k8m890ce-kernel-drm.patch
make drivers/char/drm/drm.ko
make drivers/char/drm/via.ko
cp drivers/char/drm/{drm,via}.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/drm/
depmod -ea

Load the modules
modprobe drm
modprobe via

Latest version from git repository:
You'll need the following patch to get the via drm module to load :
link to patch - link to upstream bug - Fixed upstream on 29-12-2006
For compilation instructions see Compiling the source code

How to get AGP GART working

For AMD64 CPU use amd64-agp module
You need kernel sources and this patch k8m890ce-kernel-amd64-agp.patch
Follow this steps

Compile the modules
cd /usr/src/linux
patch -p1 < /path/to/k8m890ce-kernel-amd64-agp.patch
make drivers/char/agp/amd64-agp.ko
cp drivers/char/agp/amd64-agp.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/agp/
depmod -ea

Load the modules
modprobe agpgart
modprobe amd64-agp

AGP GART via-agp module
You'll need the following patch to get the agp module to load :
link to patch - link to upstream bug