Re: intelfb not working on a 945GM

[Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>]

On Saturday, October 20, 2007 8:53 am Paride Legovini wrote:
> I have no embedded requirements, I just don't always need X, and I
> like the framebuffer console in general. Thank you for the
> modesetting-101 hint, maybe I'll give it a try (I didn't ever know of
> its existence).

Yeah, we're trying to provide a more complete (i.e. 3d accel and other 
advanced features available) alternative to fb for people who don't 
want X (or want other features).  The fb layer is nice and simple, so 
for a lot of applications and devices it's a perfect fit.  If you want 
to use all the features of your card though, you're stuck with X and 
all its baggage.  The modesetting-101 tree is one big step away from 
that; it allows you to run a full 3d stack w/o X and w/o any of the 
conflicts that occur when you use DRM with the fb layer.

> Oh, sorry for writing to you directly and not to the list, I'm too
> used to lists where the Reply-To: header is set to the list's
> address.

No problem, it's conventional to reply to both the list and the 
individual anyway...

Jesse

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