From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: [PATCH] neofb patches Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 09:30:38 +1000 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1083195037.28991.99.camel@gaston> References: <408EE34F.8080106@undead.cc> <1083107454.16544.42.camel@gaston> <20040428002037.GE22495@guug.org> <1083112565.20473.10.camel@gaston> <20040428070832.GA23411@guug.org> <1083147416.18416.24.camel@thor.asgaard.local> <20040428163730.GA24448@guug.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 1BIyc7-00061N-H2 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 16:37:15 -0700 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57] ident=root) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.30) id 1BIyc7-0005rI-84 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 16:37:15 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20040428163730.GA24448@guug.org> 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: Otto Solares Cc: Michel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E4nzer?= , Linux Frame Buffer Device Development > > DRM and fbdev must merge so i repeat: just a single > kernel entity should own FIFO queues, shared locks, > DMA, the framebuffer, IO registers, interrupts, etc. Right. I've been discussing that problem for a while. I think we really need some common work here. When a mode change is requested by userland, we need to take that lock, but we also need to set some flag in the DRM to invalidate all state. I'm not sure what is the best way to do that at this point though. Ben. ------------------------------------------------------- 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