From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Subject: Re: [PATCH][RIVAFB]: Updates to rivafb driver Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 06:29:09 +0800 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <200406170629.09691.adaplas@hotpop.com> References: <200406160406.07060.adaplas@hotpop.com> <200406161353.51195.adaplas@hotpop.com> <20040616173429.GA8601@havoc.gtf.org> Reply-To: adaplas@pol.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 1Baito-0007CB-PX for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:28:52 -0700 Received: from babyruth.hotpop.com ([38.113.3.61]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Baito-0006H5-E1 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:28:52 -0700 Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [38.113.3.103]) by babyruth.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 5802E60C807 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 21:50:46 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <20040616173429.GA8601@havoc.gtf.org> 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: David Eger , adaplas@pol.net Cc: James Simmons , Andrew Morton , Linux Fbdev development list On Thursday 17 June 2004 01:34, David Eger wrote: > On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 01:53:51PM +0800, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > > On Wednesday 16 June 2004 06:17, David Eger wrote: > > > > hey tony, > > > > > > > > your patch against drivers/video/riva/fbdev.c chokes on hunk 2 when > > > > applied to 2.6.7-rc3-mm2. resend, and i'll test it on my TNT2 :) > > > > > > Ok. Patch against 2.6.7-rc3-mm2. > > Applying your rivafb and fbmode patches work great on my TNT2. > I get a console with 160 columns and 60 rows :-) That's great. > > And yes, the capabilities patch makes your driver slow. > But setting the proper flags makes it fast again ;-) Do you mind submitting a patch yourself? It's probably a 1 liner patch, unless we also modify rivafb to use cfb_* drawing functions depending on the setting of var->accel_flags. > > The driver still doesn't play nice with the evil binary nvidia drivers, > but then, that's expected. (It'd be nice if changing from X to a console > didn't *crash my machine* though.) > Yeah, even with XOrg/Free86 nv driver, it hangs. Don't really know the exact solution, probably a complete re-initialization of the hardware when switching from X. But this will require that fbcon recognizes a switch from X itself which it currently doesn't (unless I'm mistaken). Tony ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by The 2004 JavaOne(SM) Conference Learn from the experts at JavaOne(SM), Sun's Worldwide Java Developer Conference, June 28 - July 1 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA REGISTER AND SAVE! http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf Priority Code NWMGYKND