From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Antonino Daplas Subject: Re: Portrait display mode Date: 13 Sep 2002 01:36:19 +0800 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1031852214.1810.3.camel@daplas> References: <3D7E59B0.5FC023D3@bluewin.ch> <1031696622.548.13.camel@daplas> <3D7FA51A.EC5A6FD5@bluewin.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [203.167.79.9] (helo=willow.compass.com.ph) by usw-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 17pYqb-0002Mg-00 for ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 11:37:49 -0700 Received: from AP-202-70-99-29.compass.com.ph (AP-202-70-99-29.compass.com.ph [202.70.99.29]) by willow.compass.com.ph (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA58303 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 02:37:39 +0800 (PHT) (envelope-from adaplas@pol.net) In-Reply-To: <3D7FA51A.EC5A6FD5@bluewin.ch> Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: fbdev On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 04:18, Otto Wyss wrote: > > I posted a patch under the thread titled "Console Rotation" 2 days ago. > > It should support rotation in 3 additional directions (90, 180 and 270 > > degrees). As far as fb-based apps, they have to do the rotation on > > I should have looked more closely at the messages, "Console ..." misguided me. > > > their own. XFbdev in 4.2.0 already does that. > > > When the fb drivers support rotation, XFbdev doesn't need rotation anymore. It really is just console rotation, all other fb-based apps would still display in the standard "upright" position unless specifically written for display rotation, such as Xfbdev. > > > Doing this in 2.4 will be trickier because of absence of support for > > drawing primitives. (The i810fb driver had console rotation for half a > > year now, though) > > > Does this mean I have to use 2.5 to get rotation? I'm not sure if the patch I submitted will even be accepted. My point is that it's easier to do this in the 2.5 fb framework than in 2.2-2.4. But you can already use Xfbdev in 2.4 to rotate the display. > > > If you are interested, try the patches (apply them in the order I > > mentioned). http://i810fb.sourceforge.net/fb_rotate.tar.gz > > > I'm currently using "aty128fb" but may be able to switch to "matroxfb". I'm also > considering buying card with an DVI plug (hopefully without fan :-( ) > It depends if the driver maintainers will support the drawing primitives. Some may refuse not to, and that is understandable. Tony ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf