From: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org>
To: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
Cc: Helge Hafting <helgehaf@aitel.hist.no>,
Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>,
linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
penguinppc-team@lists.penguinppc.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Generic VESA framebuffer driver and Video card BOOT?
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 18:57:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041019165720.GF3618@admingilde.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200410182242.04749.oliver@neukum.org>
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On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 10:42:04PM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Montag, 18. Oktober 2004 22:21 schrieb Helge Hafting:
> > > On first access only, and even that only if the driver doesn't map the
> > > pages at mmap() time already. ?Not a single fb driver seems to map the
> > > pages lazy today, grepping in drivers/video for nopage handles shows
> > > nothing. ?I'm not sure you can actually do that for iomem mappings.
> > >
> > Isn't it possible for the driver to unmap the mapping when
> > suspending? ?Then you're guaranteed to get that first access.
>
> But what would you do then? Block everything that is using a terminal?
yes
but that wouldn't last long if you run the userspace helper as soon
as you are finished resuming.
One 'only' needs a method to give feedback while loading the image...
I guess we have to rely on the firmware here.
(Eighter it already sets an useable mode or provides a function that
can display test)
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Martin Waitz
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-19 16:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-14 19:02 Generic VESA framebuffer driver and Video card BOOT? Kendall Bennett
2004-10-14 19:59 ` Zachary Smith
2004-10-15 23:36 ` Ian Romanick
2004-10-14 20:48 ` Zachary Smith
2004-10-15 18:05 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 18:55 ` Zachary Smith
2004-10-15 19:18 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-15 22:22 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 0:27 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Antonino A. Daplas
2004-10-15 18:36 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 21:51 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2004-10-15 23:20 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-15 23:51 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 23:58 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-19 21:15 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-16 1:50 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2004-10-16 2:03 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-18 19:34 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-18 20:34 ` Richard Smith
2004-10-18 20:47 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Kendall Bennett
2004-10-18 21:04 ` Richard Smith
2004-10-18 21:16 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-18 22:34 ` Richard Smith
2004-10-18 23:28 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Jon Smirl
2004-10-19 0:18 ` Richard Smith
2004-10-19 0:55 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Kendall Bennett
2004-10-19 1:39 ` Richard Smith
2004-10-19 17:54 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-19 21:48 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Pavel Machek
2004-10-20 17:01 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-20 19:08 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Pavel Machek
2004-10-21 19:36 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-19 21:42 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Pavel Machek
2004-10-15 12:05 ` Gerd Knorr
2004-10-15 12:38 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-15 12:45 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-19 21:54 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-15 13:13 ` Gerd Knorr
2004-10-17 12:07 ` Martin Waitz
2004-10-18 8:36 ` Gerd Knorr
2004-10-18 11:39 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Martin Waitz
2004-10-18 12:10 ` Gerd Knorr
2004-10-18 20:21 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Helge Hafting
2004-10-18 20:42 ` Oliver Neukum
2004-10-19 16:57 ` Martin Waitz [this message]
2004-10-15 18:29 ` Venkatesh Pallipadi
2004-10-16 9:01 ` Nigel Cunningham
2004-10-15 18:36 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 13:48 ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-15 18:36 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 21:44 ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-15 22:12 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-16 0:41 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Antonino A. Daplas
2004-10-26 11:14 ` Paulo Marques
2004-10-27 1:58 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-27 11:11 ` Paulo Marques
2004-10-27 19:52 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-15 21:51 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2004-10-16 17:44 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-18 19:34 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-19 21:00 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-19 21:11 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-20 17:01 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-20 17:31 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Pavel Machek
2004-10-20 18:44 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-20 19:10 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Pavel Machek
2004-10-21 19:36 ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-21 20:47 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Richard Smith
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