From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sylvain Meyer Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] [git tree] Intel i9xx support for intelfb Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:57:05 +0100 Message-ID: <4422E171.1040909@worldonline.fr> References: <21d7e9970603221820p5c89e46fgbd9878a3c60eac0a@mail.gmail.com> <21d7e9970603222209r45beeb99nccc6435b99b79154@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: , akpm@osdl.org Sorry for my very long silence. =46or i2c support. I've done it to have a workable tv-out on my hardwar= e.=20 It was the main reason why i ported the driver to kernels 2.6 as i use= =20 my computer as a set-top-box only connected to a tv. I've it on my own=20 tree (very old). I can send you the code. I did it in a way not accepted by kernel=20 reviewers as my tv driver (for chrontel ch7011 chipset) is all in kerne= l=20 space. But it can be a base for a better scheme. Regards Sylvain Dave Airlie a =E9crit: >>>This code isn't perfect but I've got no documentation so I cannot >>>answer some questions on what exactly is going on just yet... >>> =20 >>> >>Better than nothing, and if it works for digital displays, then that >>would be great. >> =20 >> > >It doesn't support LVDS or DVI yet but I'm hoping to make it go in >that direction, I've no LVDS h/w, and some chipsets have it integrated >and some don't, but this is a better basis for future work, and I'll >have no problems keeping it updated with fixes as they come from the >X.org driver... I'd like to get at least LVDS support working for >laptop users with these chipsets, getting DVI working is a bit more >work as there are external chips that need to be driven over i2c, so >I'll need to at least add i2c support to the i8xx driver. (I noticed >Sylvain has done some of this work before)..... I'd like to expose i2c >buses to userspace anyways.... > > =20 > >>There's no git tree for the framebuffer layer, I just send updates >>directly to akpm. Andrew? >> >> =20 >> > >I'd like to keep the git history if possible, so maybe we can pull >this tree into -mm and I can get it pulled by Linus later. > >Regards, >Dave > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting lan= guage >that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live w= ebcast >and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding terri= tory! >http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=3Dk&kid=110944&bid$1720&dat=121642 >_______________________________________________ >Linux-fbdev-devel mailing list >Linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-fbdev-devel > > =20 >