From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: [PATCH] neofb patches Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 09:25:59 +1000 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1083108358.16544.58.camel@gaston> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BIc3L-0002dp-2z for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:31:51 -0700 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57] ident=root) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.30) id 1BIc3K-00044j-Lc for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:31:50 -0700 In-Reply-To: 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: James Simmons Cc: John Zielinski , Geert Uytterhoeven , Alex Stewart , Linux Frame Buffer Device Development On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 09:21, James Simmons wrote: > > > I can see how vgacon and fbcon would walk all over each other but how > > > would a serial console > > > mess things up? > > > > Same question... Where is the problem ? > > Say two people are logged in. One on a serial console and another on the > framebuffer console. The person starts X fbdev from the serial console. > Ooops the fbcon user lost his console. And ? Where is the problem ? I can do that today with ssh ... That's normal console switch. X will trigger a console switch to a new VT, it will not just tap on the current console "as is". > > We need several level of arbitration, I'm not sure hwo to do that at > > this point and I don't have time to dive into the DRI side of things. > > > > Jon Smirl has been working on embedded mesa & moving DRI outside of > > X. Unfortunately, last I heard, he was still on his trip of re-inventing > > everything including replacing the fbdev's with his own stuff instead > > of moving from what we have ... > > Ug. This is sad :-( > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g > Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. > Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Linux-fbdev-devel mailing list > Linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-fbdev-devel -- Benjamin Herrenschmidt ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click