From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Otto Solares Subject: Re: [PATCH] neofb patches Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 19:15:04 -0600 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20040428011504.GH22495@guug.org> References: <408EF0D9.6000403@undead.cc> <20040428002919.GG22495@guug.org> <200404280854.47596.adaplas@hotpop.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 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 1BIdfH-0004pH-0A for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 18:15:07 -0700 Received: from guug.galileo.edu ([168.234.203.30] helo=guug.org) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BIdfG-0006Yi-Jz for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 18:15:06 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200404280854.47596.adaplas@hotpop.com> 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" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Antonino A. Daplas" Cc: John Zielinski , Linux Frame Buffer Device Development On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 08:54:47AM +0800, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > On Wednesday 28 April 2004 08:29, Otto Solares wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 07:46:33PM -0400, John Zielinski wrote: > > > An added bonus is that if you have multiple video cards or a dual head > > > configuration with each head on a different fbx device the 5,255 device > > > would figure out which console you are on when you start the program and > > > use the appropriate fb device. Once the radeon dual head code gets > > > written I'll have to try to start X on fb0 (head 1) and leave the fbcon > > > running on fb1 (head two). > > > > I was wondering if it is possible currently (kernel 2.6.5) to > > have 2 differents video cards in 2 differents VCs and in 2 > > differents fbdev's. I have an old trident pci card and one > > radeon agp card. I want to run X (Xfbdev) in the trident one > > and mesa-solo in the radeon one, is that possible? how? > > > > Yes, I've tried that in 2.5.x, assuming nothing broke in between. You need a > utility to map which console to which fbdev (con2fbmap?). However, you can't > use them simultaneously (switching to one console inactivates the other), > that's for the ruby project. I have written a graphics server that scans for video cards (via libHAL from fd.o) and spawns a thread for each card, I have the support in place for differents cards (with multi-desktops or Xinerama like in the same box). All I want to acomplish is to have 2 (or more) differents fbdevs rendering to different monitors in the same time. Currently my server enables DRI (old mesa-solo) for supported cards (mostly AGP ones) or mesa-fbdev for unaccelerated ones. The problem is that without X i can access only the primary card (the one set it up in the bios) but if i try to load the fbdev module for the second card it simply will not work. -otto ------------------------------------------------------- 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