From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E4nzer?= Subject: Re: [PATCH] neofb patches Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 15:01:13 +0200 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1083243672.18413.148.camel@thor.asgaard.local> 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> <1083191201.18413.73.camel@thor.asgaard.local> <20040429010725.GD24584@guug.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 1BJBAD-0003wk-DO for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 29 Apr 2004 06:01:17 -0700 Received: from netline-mail1.netline.ch ([195.141.226.27]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BJBAD-0005a1-0E for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 29 Apr 2004 06:01:17 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20040429010725.GD24584@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="utf-8" To: Otto Solares Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Linux Frame Buffer Device Development On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 03:07, Otto Solares wrote: > On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 12:26:41AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > A small low-level driver could handle this, which both the framebuffer > > device and the DRM use. Linus has proposed this approach, and I must say > > I like it. > > That should be fbdev without fbcon. I'm not sure that works: keep in mind that the DRM works on other OSs than Linux, and even on Linux some people may want to use the DRM without a framebuffer device. Neither should be a problem with a minimal base driver which does nothing more than hardware resource management and arbitration. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer ------------------------------------------------------- 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