From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jon Smirl Subject: Re: [PATCH] Provide control of active VGA device on PCI systems Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:35:11 -0500 Message-ID: <9e4733910502200835130012d6@mail.gmail.com> References: <9e47339105021921507545d084@mail.gmail.com> <1108887831.19402.20.camel@gaston> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 1D2u37-0002VG-Vt for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 20 Feb 2005 08:35:13 -0800 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.196]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1D2u36-0006vm-ID for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 20 Feb 2005 08:35:13 -0800 Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id z35so276367rne for ; Sun, 20 Feb 2005 08:35:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1108887831.19402.20.camel@gaston> 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="us-ascii" To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Linux Fbdev development list , Jesse Barnes On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 19:23:51 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > (The goal is to have X stop messing around with PCI at all, just probe > things via sysfs or whatever new model we might provide, but not > actually play with PCI resources directly nor modify bridge VGA enables, > and have it properly arbitrate with anything else wanting to use the VGA > IOs, including kernel services like vgacon). That's the goal. Make X behave so that it will play nice with hotplug. I also want to get it to run without needing root priv. My goal is to provide a foundation for XGL/mesa-solo. That needs support from fbdev for mode setting, cursors, reset, multiple heads. Long term this provides a unified video driver model. Check out the other thread about sysfs support for fbdev and let me know what you think. -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------- 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