From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michal Januszewski Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] fbdev: uvesafb Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:30:18 +0200 Message-ID: <20070623123018.GA1792@spock.one.pl> References: <20070623104920.GA12623@spock.one.pl> <200706231404.09344.arnd@arndb.de> Reply-To: spock@gentoo.org, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I24ky-0006oK-Gu for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:30:24 -0700 Received: from ipn26-148.piekary.net ([83.238.26.148]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1I24kx-0003vZ-2p for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:30:24 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200706231404.09344.arnd@arndb.de> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org T24gU2F0LCBKdW4gMjMsIDIwMDcgYXQgMDI6MDQ6MDlQTSArMDIwMCwgQXJuZCBCZXJnbWFubiB3 cm90ZToKPiBPbiBTYXR1cmRheSAyMyBKdW5lIDIwMDcsIE1pY2hhbCBKYW51c3pld3NraSB3cm90 ZToKPiA+IMKgVGhlIGN1cnJlbnQgaW1wbGVtZW50YXRpb24gb2Ygdjg2ZCBjYW4gdXNlIGVpdGhl ciBMUk1JIG9yCj4gPiB4ODZlbXUgdG8gcnVuIHRoZSBCSU9TIGNvZGUgYW5kIHN1cHBvcnRzIGJv dGggeDg2IGFuZCB4ODZfNjQuCj4gCj4gSXMgdGhlcmUgYSBmdW5kYW1lbnRhbCByZWFzb24gd2h5 IHlvdSBjYW4ndCBhbHNvIHJ1biBpdCBvbgo+IG5vbi14ODYgbWFjaGluZXMsIG9yIGhhcyB0aGlz IHNpbXBseSBub3QgYmVlbiB0ZXN0ZWQgc28gZmFyPwoKQUZBSUsgaXQgc2hvdWxkIGJlIHBvc3Np YmxlIHRvIGdldCBpdCB0byB3b3JrIG9uIG5vbi14ODYuICBPbmUgd291bGQKaGF2ZSB0byBpbXBs ZW1lbnQgdGhlIElPIGZ1bmN0aW9ucyBmb3IgeDg2ZW11IGFuZCBtbWFwIHRoZSBWaWRlbyBCSU9T LApib3RoIG9mIHdoaWNoIHNob3VsZCBiZSByZWxhdGl2ZWx5IGVhc3kgdGFza3MuICBJIGRvbid0 IGhvd2V2ZXIgaGF2ZSAKZGlyZWN0IGFjY2VzcyB0byBoYXJkd2FyZSBvdGhlciB0aGFuIHg4Nihf NjQpIGFuZCB0aHVzIGhhdmVuJ3QgaGFkIGEKY2hhbmNlIHRvIHdyaXRlIHN1Y2ggY29kZSBhbmQg dGVzdCBpdC4KCkJlc3QgcmVnYXJkcywKTWljaGFsCgoKLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0t LS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLQpUaGlzIFNG Lm5ldCBlbWFpbCBpcyBzcG9uc29yZWQgYnkgREIyIEV4cHJlc3MKRG93bmxvYWQgREIyIEV4cHJl c3MgQyAtIHRoZSBGUkVFIHZlcnNpb24gb2YgREIyIGV4cHJlc3MgYW5kIHRha2UKY29udHJvbCBv ZiB5b3VyIFhNTC4gTm8gbGltaXRzLiBKdXN0IGRhdGEuIENsaWNrIHRvIGdldCBpdCBub3cuCmh0 dHA6Ly9zb3VyY2Vmb3JnZS5uZXQvcG93ZXJiYXIvZGIyLwpfX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19f X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fXwpMaW51eC1mYmRldi1kZXZlbCBtYWlsaW5nIGxpc3QK TGludXgtZmJkZXYtZGV2ZWxAbGlzdHMuc291cmNlZm9yZ2UubmV0Cmh0dHBzOi8vbGlzdHMuc291 cmNlZm9yZ2UubmV0L2xpc3RzL2xpc3RpbmZvL2xpbnV4LWZiZGV2LWRldmVsCg== From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755595AbXFWMac (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:30:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751388AbXFWMaX (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:30:23 -0400 Received: from ipn26-148.piekary.net ([83.238.26.148]:48472 "EHLO ipn26-148.piekary.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750948AbXFWMaW (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:30:22 -0400 Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:30:18 +0200 From: Michal Januszewski To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] fbdev: uvesafb Message-ID: <20070623123018.GA1792@spock.one.pl> Reply-To: spock@gentoo.org References: <20070623104920.GA12623@spock.one.pl> <200706231404.09344.arnd@arndb.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200706231404.09344.arnd@arndb.de> X-PGP-Key: http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/spock.gpg User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 02:04:09PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Saturday 23 June 2007, Michal Januszewski wrote: > >  The current implementation of v86d can use either LRMI or > > x86emu to run the BIOS code and supports both x86 and x86_64. > > Is there a fundamental reason why you can't also run it on > non-x86 machines, or has this simply not been tested so far? AFAIK it should be possible to get it to work on non-x86. One would have to implement the IO functions for x86emu and mmap the Video BIOS, both of which should be relatively easy tasks. I don't however have direct access to hardware other than x86(_64) and thus haven't had a chance to write such code and test it. Best regards, Michal