From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Otto Wyss Subject: Re: Portrait display mode Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 19:50:19 +0200 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <3D876B5C.4152DF38@bluewin.ch> References: <3D7E59B0.5FC023D3@bluewin.ch> <1031696622.548.13.camel@daplas> <3D7FA51A.EC5A6FD5@bluewin.ch> <1031850411.1810.0.camel@daplas> <3D84D045.404EA715@bluewin.ch> <1032145647.568.29.camel@daplas> Reply-To: otto.wyss@bluewin.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from relay03.cablecom.net ([62.2.33.103]) by usw-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Cipher TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 17rMUU-0002ET-00 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2002 10:50:26 -0700 Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Antonino Daplas Cc: fbdev > Diagramatically, the fb-based console looks something like this: > > Console -> fbcon -> fbdev -> graphics-capable hardware > > Rotation is done at the fbcon layer. fbdev on the other hand is just an > abstraction of the underlying graphics hardware. It is fbdev that is > actually used by fb-based applications, such as Xfree86. fbdev does not > know about display orientation, but Xfbdev does, and so can fbcon. > What about applications compiled with GTK+ target linux-fb or similar toolsets? If I understand it right only the fbcon layer should be used (if possible) to be on the save side. > > What does a rotation unter X bring as long as the console doesn't? Okay for > This is actually what triggered me to submit the patches, it is quite > disconcerting to switch from a rotated Xfree86 display to an upright > console. > Okay I'm not so much interested in Xfbdev than in fbcon. Can you transferred your code to the generic part as Geert Uytterhoeven already asked. I could help test patches against kernel 2.4.19. And what about kernel 2.5, I've read of a feature freeze soon? O. Wyss -- Author of "Debian partial mirror synch script" ("http://dpartialmirror.sourceforge.net/") ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: AMD - Your access to the experts on Hammer Technology! Open Source & Linux Developers, register now for the AMD Developer Symposium. Code: EX8664 http://www.developwithamd.com/developerlab