From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tino Keitel Subject: Re: crash when loading intelfb on D945GSEJT board Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:35:46 +0100 Message-ID: <20110215233546.GA18522@mac.home> References: <4D578D2F.3000501@vtnd.de> <20110213103416.GS3082@radis.liafa.jussieu.fr> <4D57BE4E.6090508@vtnd.de> <20110213174005.GA7025@x61.home> <4D581BBD.10202@vtnd.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eazy.amigager.de (eazy.amigager.de [213.239.192.238]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DBA79E709 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:35:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from mac.home (port-92-206-103-216.dynamic.qsc.de [92.206.103.216]) by eazy.amigager.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA id A251CC8C110 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:35:41 +0100 (CET) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D581BBD.10202@vtnd.de> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: intel-gfx-bounces+gcfxdi-intel-gfx=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org Errors-To: intel-gfx-bounces+gcfxdi-intel-gfx=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org To: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org List-Id: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 18:58:21 +0100, Oliver Seitz wrote: > > >>>Why would you want to use intelfb? > > > >I think Julien meant that intelfb should not be used except for special > >embedded hardware. It's recommended to use KMS and its drmfb. > > Ah,ok, the application indeed resemles an embedded system: [...] > The only thing that's coming from the consumer market is the motherboard. So it sounds not that special regarding graphics, but more like standard hardware. Regards, Tino