From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jak Subject: Re: Extending vesafb for modes switching ? Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 18:27:58 +0000 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <200402031827.58226.rfjak@eircom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 1Ao8HC-0000y8-LL for Linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 03 Feb 2004 13:40:10 -0800 Received: from mail03.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net ([159.134.118.19]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Ao8HC-0006ao-63 for Linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 03 Feb 2004 13:40:10 -0800 Content-Disposition: inline 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: Linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: GUtopiste@free.fr There already seems to be such a patch : I have not tried it, but have come across it. The following is extracted from the README DRIVER FRAMEBUFFER FOR VESA GRAPHIC CARDS Version 1.0 (C) 2003 Raster Software Vigo This piece of code wants to be a Framebuffer driver for Linux boxes, able to work with all VESA 2.0-compliant graphic card. The difference between this driver and the one supplied with the kernel is that this driver allows to change in-the-fly the resolution and color depth, and even to have each console in a different graphic mode. This driver is for the 2.4.x kernel series. DISCLAIMER This driver is distributed "as is", without warranty of any kind, under the terms of the GPL license, version 2 or later. You can find it in the file COPYING. CONTACTING WITH THE AUTHOR Sergio Costas Rodriguez mailto:raster@rastersoft.com http://www.rastersoft.com OTHER SOFTWARE PACKAGES USED IN THIS PROJECT: LRMI library http://sourceforge.net/projects/lrmi ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn