From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jon Smirl Subject: Re: [OT] framebuffer ioctl Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 20:11:21 -0400 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <9e47339104090617112c790d94@mail.gmail.com> References: <413A3735.9E7D2F11@orpatec.ch> <413B4925.5000706@comcast.net> <200409060926.07163.adaplas@hotpop.com> <413CC0EA.8070709@comcast.net> <9e4733910409061402372095b1@mail.gmail.com> <20040906211120.GC29544@guug.org> <9e4733910409061439695460f@mail.gmail.com> <20040907000103.GD29544@guug.org> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1C4TZy-0000SZ-RR for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 06 Sep 2004 17:11:22 -0700 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.193] helo=mproxy.gmail.com) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C4TZy-0001hh-Fo for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 06 Sep 2004 17:11:22 -0700 Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 77so150032rnl for ; Mon, 06 Sep 2004 17:11:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20040907000103.GD29544@guug.org> 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="us-ascii" To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Alan Cox has proposed a new unified mode setting mode that uses hotplug. There are four ways to set modes: user space, vm86/real mode, in kernel, mix of these. The new scheme supports mode setting for hardware of these different types. fbdev is all in kernel. On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 18:01:03 -0600, Otto Solares wrote: > On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 05:39:54PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > > Someone has already ported it, but I forget who it was. mesa-solo is > > not quite ready for prime time yet because it does have mode setting > > support. Ask on the cairo list about the port. It was simple to do, it > > only took a day or so. > > As I see it, mode-setting is a job for fbdev and it's current API, > or a new one is being developed for mesa-solo? > > > > -otto > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop > FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! > Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Linux-fbdev-devel mailing list > Linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-fbdev-devel > -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click