From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sylvain Meyer Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysfs support for fbdev Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 19:50:59 +0100 Message-ID: <4228AE13.8050202@worldonline.fr> References: <9e47339105030102003ee47879@mail.gmail.com> <9e47339105030210135dbe71ed@mail.gmail.com> <9e47339105030320085331555a@mail.gmail.com> <9e47339105030410482d4d957@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1D7HuO-0002N2-Tr for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 04 Mar 2005 10:52:20 -0800 Received: from smtp12.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.22.20]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1D7HuN-0002Hm-EE for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 04 Mar 2005 10:52:20 -0800 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: James Simmons , James Simmons Axel Buttchereit did a patch to implement it. It should be in the=20 latest mm tree. Jon Smirl a =E9crit: >On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 18:26:57 +0000 (GMT), James Simmons > wrote: > =20 > >>>Doesn't the i830/i915/etc require a user space helper to change modes >>>since that part of the chip spec hasn't been released? The user space >>>helper would use Int10 VBIOS calls to list and set the modes. I >>>haven't worked with these chips, so this is just based off from what >>>has been posted to dri-devel. Is this why we don't have fbdev drivers >>>for these chips? >>> =20 >>> >>drivers/intel/*.[ch] >> >>No user space helper there. >> >> >> =20 >> >What about the i915? We don't seem to have a fbdev driver for it yet. > > > =20 > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click