From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw Subject: Re: Framebuffer drivers in kernel 2.6.x Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 07:36:51 +0200 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20040818053646.GC16935@lug-owl.de> References: <412238E7.C4A7ED2D@orpatec.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UD4WyN0VgQ3kz1Eq" Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BxJAH-0006ZJ-Jp for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 22:39:13 -0700 Received: from dvmwest.gt.owl.de ([62.52.24.140]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BxJAG-0008AT-To for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 22:39:13 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <412238E7.C4A7ED2D@orpatec.ch> Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Otto Wyss Cc: 'linux-fbdev-devel' --UD4WyN0VgQ3kz1Eq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2004-08-17 18:57:10 +0200, Otto Wyss wrote in message <412238E7.C4A7ED2D@orpatec.ch>: > I tried to use kernel 2.6.7 but there are almost no framebuffer drivers. Uh? There are quite a lot of them... > Why is this, can't the drivers from 2.4.x easily be ported to 2.7.x? > What are the obstacles? The API changed, but it isn't too hard to port old-style drivers to the new API. If this hasn't happened yet, it's just because nobody yet really missed that particular driver. However, there are a lot of drivers available... MfG, JBG --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 = _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg = _ _ O fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=FCrger" | im Internet! | im Irak! = O O O ret =3D do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA)= ); --UD4WyN0VgQ3kz1Eq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBIuruHb1edYOZ4bsRAoz6AJ9BO4+Y+JD7NT+nJfr+S5I6dGZVFQCeMP0v h0GUTv6dfO1pP2Lqivt/x7c= =VHgy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UD4WyN0VgQ3kz1Eq-- ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285