From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jon Smirl Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysfs support for fbdev Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 13:48:45 -0500 Message-ID: <9e47339105030410482d4d957@mail.gmail.com> References: <9e47339105030102003ee47879@mail.gmail.com> <9e47339105030210135dbe71ed@mail.gmail.com> <9e47339105030320085331555a@mail.gmail.com> 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 1D7Hqw-0002Av-Uf for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 04 Mar 2005 10:48:46 -0800 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.199]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1D7Hqw-0001x6-Ga for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 04 Mar 2005 10:48:46 -0800 Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id z35so1177841rne for ; Fri, 04 Mar 2005 10:48:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: 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: James Simmons Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, James Simmons On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 18:26:57 +0000 (GMT), James Simmons wrote: > > > Doesn't the i830/i915/etc require a user space helper to change modes > > since that part of the chip spec hasn't been released? The user space > > helper would use Int10 VBIOS calls to list and set the modes. I > > haven't worked with these chips, so this is just based off from what > > has been posted to dri-devel. Is this why we don't have fbdev drivers > > for these chips? > > drivers/intel/*.[ch] > > No user space helper there. > > What about the i915? We don't seem to have a fbdev driver for it yet. -- 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