From: Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>
To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
penguinppc-team@lists.penguinppc.org
Subject: Re: Generic VESA framebuffer driver and Video card BOOT?
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:10:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041018121033.GB5106@bytesex> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041018113929.GB3618@admingilde.org>
On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 01:39:29PM +0200, Martin Waitz wrote:
> hi :)
>
> > Whenever writing to the gfx memory before finishing the initialization
> > is harmless or not probably depends on the hardware, I'd better not
> > count on it ...
>
> when the application tries to access the framebuffer memory then
> the driver is asked to map the corresponding page.
On first access only, and even that only if the driver doesn't map the
pages at mmap() time already. Not a single fb driver seems to map the
pages lazy today, grepping in drivers/video for nopage handles shows
nothing. I'm not sure you can actually do that for iomem mappings.
Gerd
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From: Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>
To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
penguinppc-team@lists.penguinppc.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Generic VESA framebuffer driver and Video card BOOT?
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:10:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041018121033.GB5106@bytesex> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041018113929.GB3618@admingilde.org>
On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 01:39:29PM +0200, Martin Waitz wrote:
> hi :)
>
> > Whenever writing to the gfx memory before finishing the initialization
> > is harmless or not probably depends on the hardware, I'd better not
> > count on it ...
>
> when the application tries to access the framebuffer memory then
> the driver is asked to map the corresponding page.
On first access only, and even that only if the driver doesn't map the
pages at mmap() time already. Not a single fb driver seems to map the
pages lazy today, grepping in drivers/video for nopage handles shows
nothing. I'm not sure you can actually do that for iomem mappings.
Gerd
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return -ENOSIG;
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-18 12:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 121+ 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 [this message]
2004-10-18 12:10 ` 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
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
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2004-10-14 20:03 ` Andi Kleen
2004-10-14 20:46 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 12:39 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-15 18:20 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 18:41 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-15 20:19 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-15 22:22 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 22:22 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 23:02 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-19 21:09 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-20 15:23 ` Paulo Marques
2004-10-20 17:27 ` Kendall Bennett
[not found] <2Pkf0-42m-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <2PncW-6j9-19@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <2PncW-6j9-21@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <20030401205016$5cc4@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <20030401205016$63f7@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <20030424075011$4028@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <1ewKr-2Kh-41@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <CebL.O9.13@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <1bucs-57R-33@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <2PncW-6j9-23@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <20030423094012$4166@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <2PncW-6j9-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <2PAMY-7Ir-21@gated-at.bofh.it>
2004-10-15 14:22 ` Andi Kleen
2004-10-15 14:33 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-15 18:20 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 18:39 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-15 22:27 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 23:34 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-16 1:07 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-10-21 11:59 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-18 11:44 ` Martin Waitz
2004-10-18 19:43 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-19 17:01 ` Martin Waitz
2004-10-19 17:54 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 15:37 ` Gerd Knorr
2004-10-16 0:55 ` Andi Kleen
2004-10-16 12:21 ` Gerd Knorr
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2004-10-21 4:03 Yu, Luming
2004-10-21 4:03 ` Yu, Luming
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