Package Details: ast-dkms 1.14.2-2

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/ast-dkms.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: ast-dkms
Description: ASPEED Graphics Linux DRM Driver
Upstream URL: https://www.aspeedtech.com/tw/support_driver/
Licenses: MIT
Provides: ast
Submitter: psiegl
Maintainer: psiegl
Last Packager: psiegl
Votes: 1
Popularity: 0.000007
First Submitted: 2023-08-19 21:48 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2023-10-10 19:21 (UTC)

Latest Comments

psiegl commented on 2024-10-29 21:43 (UTC)

bsdice: well, a year ago the kernel driver was very outdated. In case its version was bumped, this dkms could be deleted.

bsdice commented on 2024-10-28 21:50 (UTC)

psiegl: Simple question, why does this package exist? Because there is ast upstream in the kernel and Arch has it configured as a module. Any particular feature which is not upstreamed? Thanks. :)

I briefly contemplated implementing a differentiator in dkms.conf in pre-build command to select the correct driver for the requested kernelver. Because 601 or 66 will not compile for 5.4 which I use as fallback on a few systems.

psiegl commented on 2023-09-16 18:26 (UTC) (edited on 2023-09-16 18:33 (UTC) by psiegl)

Official releases can be found easier by this link: https://www.aspeedtech.com/app/1/drivers?limit=999

psiegl commented on 2023-08-28 19:30 (UTC)

Likely, you might need to supply --insecure to /etc/makepkg.conf to curl, as the aspeedtech.com domain has an issue with curl. https://github.com/Jguer/yay/issues/1453

psiegl commented on 2023-08-19 21:59 (UTC) (edited on 2023-08-19 22:02 (UTC) by psiegl)

Tested with ArchLinux latest kernel, while uses ASPEEDs src601 i.e. the Linux 6.1 LTS source.

$ uname -a
Linux arch 6.4.11-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed, 16 Aug 2023 22:44:10 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ sudo dmesg | grep ast
[...]
[    5.129672] ast: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[    5.129684] ast: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[    5.375310] ast 0000:02:00.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console
[    5.375660] ast 0000:02:00.0: [drm] Using P2A bridge for configuration
[    5.375666] ast 0000:02:00.0: [drm] AST 2500 detected
[    5.375675] ast 0000:02:00.0: [drm] Analog VGA only
[    5.375683] ast 0000:02:00.0: [drm] dram MCLK=800 Mhz type=7 bus_width=16
[    5.375698] ast 0000:02:00.0: [drm] Available graphics memory: 16384 KB
[    5.376287] [drm] Initialized ast 1.14.1 20230717 for 0000:02:00.0 on minor 0
[    5.380382] fbcon: astdrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[    5.415224] ast 0000:02:00.0: [drm] fb0: astdrmfb frame buffer device
[...]