From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sven Luther Subject: Re: pm3fb driver is ok in 2.5.24 Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 08:33:14 +0200 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20020702063314.GA30388@lambda.u-strasbg.fr> References: <20020701073516.GA26755@lambda.u-strasbg.fr> <3D200B7D.7436FF5F@irisa.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx" Return-path: Received: from dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr ([130.79.44.193]) by usw-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Cipher TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 17PH4l-0001P6-00 for ; Mon, 01 Jul 2002 23:23:48 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D200B7D.7436FF5F@irisa.fr> Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Romain Dolbeau Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 09:57:49AM +0200, Romain Dolbeau wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > > I have compiled a 2.5.24 kernel and added the few things needed to make > > the pm3fb work (basically, i had to patch Config.in and Config.help so i > > could enable it in the configuration process). > > Could you send me the patch please ? Ok, but they are triviel (attached here ...) > > Is there a reason why it was not enabled previously, or is it just > > forgetting the these two files (which probably did not patch correctly > > due to the Config.in and Config.help location and format change). > > I though the old-format drivers wouldn't work so I never bothered > submitting for inclusion. :))) > > Anyway, it works fine (well as good as with the 2.4.x kernel), there > > still is problem with the copying of the text console data at bootup, > > but apart from that everything is fine. > > > > Should i send over a patch for adding it to the Config.xxx files ? > > Please send me the patch, I'll submit them for inclusion Ok, ... Friendly, Sven Luther --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="pm3fb.diff" --- linux-2.5.24/drivers/video/Config.in.orig Tue Jul 2 08:23:27 2002 +++ linux-2.5.24/drivers/video/Config.in Tue Jul 2 08:23:09 2002 @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ bool ' Phase5 CVisionPPC/BVisionPPC support' CONFIG_FB_PM2_CVPPC fi fi + tristate ' Permedia3 support (EXPERIMENTAL)' CONFIG_FB_PM3 fi fi if [ "$CONFIG_ARM" = "y" ]; then --- linux-2.5.24/drivers/video/Config.help.orig Tue Jul 2 08:24:53 2002 +++ linux-2.5.24/drivers/video/Config.help Tue Jul 2 08:24:30 2002 @@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ Say Y to enable support for the Amiga Phase 5 CVisionPPC BVisionPPC framebuffer cards. Phase 5 is no longer with us, alas. +CONFIG_FB_PM3 + This is the frame buffer device driver for the 3DLabs Permedia3 + chipset, used in Formac ProFormance III, 3DLabs Oxygen VX1 & + similar boards, 3DLabs Permedia3 Create!, Appian Jeronimo 2000 + and maybe other boards. + CONFIG_FB_AMIGA This is the frame buffer device driver for the builtin graphics chipset found in Amigas. --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx-- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf