From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Antonino Daplas Subject: [Fwd: [directfb-dev] Is is eady to improve / extend 5005 driver] Date: 17 Feb 2003 14:32:21 +0800 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1045463288.1207.26.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-NUblBXmyYhyYqm8xQpwm" Return-path: Received: from pine.compass.com.ph ([202.70.96.37]) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 18kepg-00034u-00 for ; Sun, 16 Feb 2003 22:32:52 -0800 Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Russell King Cc: Linux Fbdev development list , Hartmut Van Waregem --=-NUblBXmyYhyYqm8xQpwm Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --=-NUblBXmyYhyYqm8xQpwm Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: Forwarded message - [directfb-dev] Is is eady to improve / extend 5005 driver Content-Type: message/rfc822 Return-Path: X-Sieve: cmu-sieve 2.0 Received: from smtp.convergence.de (buserror-extern.convergence.de [212.84.236.66]) by tom.po.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h1BMM6jO001798 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:22:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=smtp.convergence.de) by smtp.convergence.de with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18iipA-0000rX-00; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 23:24:20 +0100 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list directfb-dev); Tue, 11 Feb 2003 23:24:13 +0100 (CET) Received: from [212.84.236.2] (helo=chambertin.convergence.de) by smtp.convergence.de with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.12) id 18iip2-0000rE-00 for directfb-dev@smtp.convergence.de; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 23:24:12 +0100 Received: from web20710.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.226.183]) by chambertin.convergence.de with smtp (Exim 3.33 #2 ) id 18iilx-0008Dt-00 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 23:21:01 +0100 Message-ID: <20030211222059.99232.qmail@web20710.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [81.51.21.169] by web20710.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 14:20:59 PST Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 14:20:59 -0800 (PST) From: Hartmut Van Waregem Subject: [directfb-dev] Is is eady to improve / extend 5005 driver To: directfb-dev@directfb.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: directfb-dev-bounce@directfb.org Errors-to: directfb-dev-bounce@directfb.org X-original-sender: hvanwaregem@yahoo.com Precedence: bulk X-list: directfb-dev Hi, I am trying to implement a new application for the OpenBrick (www.openbrick.org) which is based on the IGS 5005 chipset. I tried many binary drivers from TVIA (available here or there on the Web) which are all more a less buggy. Also, apparently, TVIA does not open source the drivers and requires a very high amount of money to provide source code from what I read on this mailing list. I have contacted the people at Nexedi who distribute the OpenBrick but they told me that they were not allowed yet to distribute the binary driver which TVIA provided them and that they were still waiting for TVIA to allow them to do so. They advised me to use VESA until TVIA would provide them a good support. Therefore, I would prefer to support the kernel GPL driver for IGS 5005 by developing my application based on this driver rather than supporting the TVIA proprietary approach. I have already been evaluating the kernel fb driver which works quite OK on the OpenBrick but does not seem to be able to initialize the 4MB shared memory, thus preventing high resolutions / high depth. I will try this WE to patch it somehow to get the 4MB. Besides that, scrolling generates many strange small pixels in high res (it is OK in low res). And some features of the IGS 5005 do not seem to be implemented. What I need for my application(s) is - get good resolution (ie. 1280 x 1024 in 16 bits) - be able to display a small MPEG stream (from a file) on the TV output and a Web Page on the VGA output at the same time I would really appreciate if someone could let me know if all this is possible / easy / complex etc. to implement based on either directfb and/or the linux framebuffer driver. Regards, Hartmut. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to ecartis@directfb.org with "unsubscribe directfb-dev" as subject. --=-NUblBXmyYhyYqm8xQpwm-- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf