From: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: Running fb core as a module
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:08:37 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9e473391050217150813fea994@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.56.0502172214350.10099@pentafluge.infradead.org>
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 22:16:36 +0000 (GMT), James Simmons
<jsimmons@www.infradead.org> wrote:
>
> > Is there a patch floating around for turning the core of fbdev into a
> > module? Why isn't running fbdev as a module an option? It would make
> > debugging fbdev core much simpler.
>
> I agree. Of course you would need either a graphics card boot from a non
> primary slot or work with serial console :-) Of course that opens alot of
> other issues with races. We have to look into it in depth.
I am using 2 graphics cards. I run X on the primary one and test
DRM/fbdev on the secondary one.
What would cause races? the base fb system is inactive unless you load
something that uses it like fbconsole. Look in the patch I sent, the
code for doing this is minor.
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2005-02-17 1:31 Running fb core as a module Jon Smirl
2005-02-17 22:16 ` James Simmons
2005-02-17 23:08 ` Jon Smirl [this message]
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