From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sven Luther Subject: Re: radeonfb on pegasos powerpc motherboard and X endianess problem Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 08:41:55 +0200 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20030606064155.GA2166@iliana> References: <20030606063040.GC1173@iliana> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Received: from smtp6.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.22.28] helo=mwinf0301.wanadoo.fr) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 19OAvL-0000Nj-00 for ; Thu, 05 Jun 2003 23:42:04 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Sven Luther , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Linux Fbdev development list On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 08:35:49AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 08:02:23AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > Actually, the OF has a x86 emulator which runs the x86 bios of the > > > > graphic card. > > > > > > Aha, so you get VGA text mode on bootup instead of linear graphics? > > > > Yep, Ralph (who wrote the OF or something such) is telling me that the > > linear fb apperture doesn't fit in the vga aperture or something such, > > and that graphic mode would need vesa 3.x cards. > > What about a similar solution to vesafb? Or does VESA 3.x mode switching > requires much more BIOS emulation code? I don't know, i am not really familiar with vesa stuff, it could be a solution. I don't know, but i feel that fixing the normal driver would be easier for me, but maybe this is not always possible. As for vesa 3.x, i guess they don't do it, because it would not work with older vesa cards, or something such. I am not really all that familiar with vesa code. Friendly, Sven Luther > > Gr{oetje,eeting}s, > > Geert > > -- > Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org > > In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But > when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. > -- Linus Torvalds ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com.