From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jon Smirl Subject: Re: Mapping the framebuffer into kernel space Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 16:12:31 -0400 Message-ID: <9e473391050512131268248c3f@mail.gmail.com> References: <9e473391050428205517f3c8c0@mail.gmail.com> <9e47339105050517083fadaee0@mail.gmail.com> <9e47339105050615097bdfcdcb@mail.gmail.com> <9e47339105051210385a41e54e@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1DWK9J-0007Eb-9k for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 12 May 2005 13:19:13 -0700 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.201]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1DWK9H-00025A-Rk for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 12 May 2005 13:19:13 -0700 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 69so613138wri for ; Thu, 12 May 2005 13:19:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: James Simmons , Linux Frame Buffer Device Development , "Antonino A. Daplas" On 5/12/05, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > Before we get too far into this, has anyone determined if any user > > space app exists that does read/write from fbdev? I can't see a real > > need to keep this feature if no one is using it. If no one is using > > it, it would be much simpler just to remove the functions. >=20 > I think the only programs really using this are some screenshot programs,= like > cfb8toppm (which I wrote as a frame buffer sample program many years ago)= , > fbshot, and fbgrap (in Debian). >=20 > Of course these can be converted to use mmap(). Seems to me that it would be easier to drop the feature and update the apps= . --=20 Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7393&alloc_id=16281&op=click