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From: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@hotpop.com>
To: Kendall Bennett <KendallB@scitechsoft.com>,
	Helge Hafting <helgehaf@aitel.hist.no>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	penguinppc-team@lists.penguinppc.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: Generic VESA framebuffer driver and Video card BOOT?
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 05:51:57 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200410160551.57678.adaplas@hotpop.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <416FB624.31033.1D23BE5@localhost>

On Saturday 16 October 2004 02:36, Kendall Bennett wrote:
> Helge Hafting <helgehaf@aitel.hist.no> wrote:
> > On 14-10-2004 21:02:36, Kendall Bennett wrote:
>
> How does the framebuffer console system handle secondary controllers
> right now? It seems from my look at the code that it only brings up the
> primary and not the secondary?

By default, the first driver to initialize is used by the fb console.   If
there are more than 1 fb driver, one can either use:

- con2fbmap
- the "fbcon=map:abcd" kernel boot option

Of course, the secondary card must be POSTed.

Tony

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@hotpop.com>
To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	"Kendall Bennett" <KendallB@scitechsoft.com>,
	Helge Hafting <helgehaf@aitel.hist.no>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	penguinppc-team@lists.penguinppc.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: Generic VESA framebuffer driver and Video card BOOT?
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 05:51:57 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200410160551.57678.adaplas@hotpop.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <416FB624.31033.1D23BE5@localhost>

On Saturday 16 October 2004 02:36, Kendall Bennett wrote:
> Helge Hafting <helgehaf@aitel.hist.no> wrote:
> > On 14-10-2004 21:02:36, Kendall Bennett wrote:
>
> How does the framebuffer console system handle secondary controllers
> right now? It seems from my look at the code that it only brings up the
> primary and not the secondary?

By default, the first driver to initialize is used by the fb console.   If
there are more than 1 fb driver, one can either use:

- con2fbmap
- the "fbcon=map:abcd" kernel boot option

Of course, the secondary card must be POSTed.

Tony



  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-10-15 21:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 108+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-10-14 19:02 Generic VESA framebuffer driver and Video card BOOT? Kendall Bennett
2004-10-14 19:59 ` Zachary Smith
2004-10-15 23:36   ` Ian Romanick
2004-10-14 20:48 ` Zachary Smith
2004-10-15 18:05   ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 18:55     ` Zachary Smith
2004-10-15 19:18       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-15 22:22       ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15  0:27 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Antonino A. Daplas
2004-10-15  0:27   ` Antonino A. Daplas
2004-10-15 18:36   ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 21:51     ` Antonino A. Daplas
2004-10-15 21:51       ` Antonino A. Daplas
2004-10-15 23:20       ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-15 23:51         ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 23:58           ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-19 21:15           ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-16  1:50         ` Antonino A. Daplas
2004-10-16  1:50           ` Antonino A. Daplas
2004-10-16  2:03           ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-18 19:34             ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-18 19:34               ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Kendall Bennett
2004-10-18 20:34               ` Richard Smith
2004-10-18 20:34                 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Richard Smith
2004-10-18 20:47                 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-18 21:04                   ` Richard Smith
2004-10-18 21:16                 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-18 22:34                   ` Richard Smith
2004-10-18 22:34                     ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Richard Smith
2004-10-18 23:28                     ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-19  0:18                       ` Richard Smith
2004-10-19  0:18                         ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Richard Smith
2004-10-19  0:55                     ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-19  1:39                       ` Richard Smith
2004-10-19  1:39                         ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Richard Smith
2004-10-19 17:54                         ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-19 17:54                           ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Kendall Bennett
2004-10-19 21:48                       ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-20 17:01                         ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-20 17:01                           ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Kendall Bennett
2004-10-20 19:08                           ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-21 19:36                             ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-21 19:36                               ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Kendall Bennett
2004-10-19 21:42                   ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-15 12:05 ` Gerd Knorr
2004-10-15 12:38   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-15 12:45     ` Alan Cox
2004-10-19 21:54       ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-15 13:13     ` Gerd Knorr
2004-10-17 12:07       ` Martin Waitz
2004-10-18  8:36         ` Gerd Knorr
2004-10-18  8:36           ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Gerd Knorr
2004-10-18 11:39           ` Martin Waitz
2004-10-18 12:10             ` Gerd Knorr
2004-10-18 12:10               ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Gerd Knorr
2004-10-18 20:21               ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-18 20:42                 ` Oliver Neukum
2004-10-19 16:57                   ` Martin Waitz
2004-10-15 18:29     ` Venkatesh Pallipadi
2004-10-16  9:01       ` Nigel Cunningham
2004-10-16  9:01         ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Nigel Cunningham
2004-10-15 18:36   ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 13:48 ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-15 13:48   ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-15 18:36   ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 21:44     ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-15 22:12       ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-16  0:41         ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Antonino A. Daplas
2004-10-16  0:41           ` Antonino A. Daplas
2004-10-26 11:14           ` Paulo Marques
2004-10-26 11:14             ` Paulo Marques
2004-10-27  1:58             ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-27 11:11               ` Paulo Marques
2004-10-27 19:52                 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-27 19:52                   ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 21:51     ` Antonino A. Daplas [this message]
2004-10-15 21:51       ` Antonino A. Daplas
2004-10-16 17:44 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-16 17:44   ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-18 19:34   ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-18 19:34     ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Kendall Bennett
2004-10-19 21:00 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-19 21:11 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-20 17:01   ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-20 17:01     ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Kendall Bennett
2004-10-20 17:31     ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-20 18:44       ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-20 18:44         ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Kendall Bennett
2004-10-20 19:10         ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-21 19:36           ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-21 19:36             ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Kendall Bennett
2004-10-21 20:47             ` Richard Smith
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-10-21 22:28 Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2004-10-21 22:28 ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2004-10-21 23:00 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-22 17:10 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-21 23:10 Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2004-10-21 23:10 ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2004-10-21 23:23 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-21 23:44 Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2004-10-21 23:44 ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2004-10-22  1:39 ` Matthew Garrett
2004-10-22 12:57 ` Stefan Dösinger
2004-10-22 16:36 Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2004-10-22 17:19 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-22 17:31 ` Stefan Dösinger
2004-10-22 17:16 Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2004-10-22 18:04 Pallipadi, Venkatesh

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