From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jon Smirl Subject: Re: [RFC] Does fbdev need a cursor API for userland? Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 18:25:54 -0400 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <9e4733910410171525543c1992@mail.gmail.com> References: <200410172347.15516.adaplas@hotpop.com> <4172A952.4080607@comcast.net> <200410180551.11105.adaplas@hotpop.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: 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 1CJJTQ-0000nU-6Z for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:25:56 -0700 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.207] helo=mproxy.gmail.com) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CJJTP-0002JK-El for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:25:56 -0700 Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 79so121421rnk for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:25:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200410180551.11105.adaplas@hotpop.com> 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 On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 23:47:15 +0800, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > IMO, I believe that the cursor ioctl should just be removed :-) The merged fbdev/DRM needs hardware cursor support in fbdev but it doesn't need the fbdev cursor IOCTL. Moving cursor support to fbcon won't work either. Implementing cursor support in merged fbdev/DRM probably means a modified API since we have to deal with multiple heads. Are there cards still out there with no hardware cursor support? How many apps use the user space fbdev interface? Also, a some point I would like to revisit the fbcon/fbdev interface and reduce the number of fbdev variables fbcon can access but doesn't use. fbcon shouldn't have direct access to the fb_info struct, there should be more of an interface there. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl