From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] fbdev: Clean up of sparc FB options Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 17:15:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20070516.171526.08322463.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1179360118.4743.32.camel@daplas> <20070516.170550.85686786.davem@davemloft.net> <1179360635.28568.0.camel@daplas> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HoTeN-0004aM-9z for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 16 May 2007 17:15:23 -0700 Received: from [74.93.104.97] (helo=sunset.davemloft.net) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1HoTeM-0006WA-R0 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 16 May 2007 17:15:23 -0700 In-Reply-To: <1179360635.28568.0.camel@daplas> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: adaplas@gmail.com Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 08:10:34 +0800 > On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 17:05 -0700, David Miller wrote: > > From: "Antonino A. Daplas" > > Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 08:01:58 +0800 > > > > > The question is, will this work for sparc? > > > > It can't be just by type, we need to be able to able to select > > individual instances of the same kind of device. I can't tell if > > you're saying your scheme handles this or not :-))) > > > > I can have two ffb cards in my machine and I can tell fbcon precisely > > which of those ffb instances is the primary one. That's what I'd need > > to work. > > As long as each instance is defined by distinct struct fb_info's, it > should work. Excellent. The only missing piece for sparc is how do I get from an fb_info to the firmware node for that device. What we can do is add a "struct device_node *" or similar to fb_info. powerpc and all future openfirmware platforms will be able to make use of this as well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/