From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jon Smirl Subject: Re: Re: [announce 7/7] fbsplash - documentation Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:54:30 -0500 Message-ID: <9e4733910503090854e245740@mail.gmail.com> References: <20050308021706.GH26249@spock.one.pl> <200503080418.08804.arnd@arndb.de> <20050308223728.GA11065@spock.one.pl> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 1D94S9-0004WE-5k for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:54:33 -0800 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.196]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1D94S8-0005WZ-MG for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:54:33 -0800 Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i8so253276rne for ; Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:54:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20050308223728.GA11065@spock.one.pl> 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: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Arnd Bergmann , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 23:37:29 +0100, Michal Januszewski wrote: > On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 04:18:07AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > > It should probably just use its own hotplug agent instead of calling > > the helper directly. > > I've just had a look at it, and it seems possible. From what I have seen > in the firmware_class.c code, it would require: > - registering a class somewhere in the initializaton code > - every time a request from fbcon is generated: > - register the class device > - create a timer > - call kobject_hotplug() to send the event to userspace > - unregister the device framebuffer already has a class registered. check out /sys/class/grpahics. You should be able to just call request_firmware and have it download your image whenever you need it. It doesn't have to be firmware, request_firmware will download anything. -- 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