From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sven Luther Subject: Re: Feature Freeze? Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 15:49:47 +0100 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20030305144947.GA3946@iliana> References: <1046852721.1228.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20030305110529.GA2036@iliana> <1046868330.1229.59.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20030305134355.GA3105@iliana> <1046875559.1291.135.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Received: from smtp-out-3.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.19.233] helo=mel-rto3.wanadoo.fr) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 18qaDY-0000jy-00 for ; Wed, 05 Mar 2003 06:50:00 -0800 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1046875559.1291.135.camel@localhost.localdomain> Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Antonino Daplas Cc: Sven Luther , Linux Fbdev development list On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 10:46:37PM +0800, Antonino Daplas wrote: > > I thought that the new API, separating the fbcon layer from the fbdev > > drivers would add support for this more easily. I guess it would be easy > > for the Appian Jeronimo 2000 board, which has two permedia3 chips, and > > thus can be seen as two separate devices. Cards with two ramdacs per > > chip, like the G400, the later radeon's and most recent cards would need > > driver level support, that is understandable, but is all there for fbcon > > to take advantage of it ? What about multi-seat, with two full consoles, > > with mouse and keyboard for each ? > > > > This was one of the goals of the Ruby project, but I think it's mostly > the input layer that got into the kernel. :((( > Fbcon needs to be cleaned up, a lot. It still implements the "current > console or foreground console" concept (only one console active at a > time). Also, this is more of a job for linuxconsole than fbdev. I may > be wrong though. Mmm, do you know who is working on linuxconsole, and what their plan are ? > > > It does have one benefit though, the newer code should make it easier to > > > add an infrastructure on top of fbdev, such as xinerama-style support. > > > But this will be in the future. > > > > Mmm, I don't know if there is really a point to this, are there really > > all that much applications which do xinerama-like things on top of fbdev ? > > I rather thought that more higlevel userland apps would be doing this. > > like either xfree86 with chip-specific drivers or fbdev drivers, or > > directfb or something such. > > > > You're right, xinerama is mainly user-app. :))) Friendly, Sven Luther ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com