From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jon Smirl Subject: Re: PATCH: move soft_cursor into fbconsole Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:10:17 -0400 Message-ID: <9e47339105061106103ce6327e@mail.gmail.com> References: <9e47339105061021571f479b10@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 1Dh5km-0005Su-K2 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 06:10:24 -0700 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.201]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1Dh5kl-0002OQ-6e for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 06:10:24 -0700 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 69so716140wri for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 06:10:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline 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: fbdev , "Antonino A. Daplas" , James Simmons On 6/11/05, James Simmons wrote: >=20 > Ug no. I see in the future more drivers using hardware cursors instead. > We would be carry around extra software cursor code in the the framebuffe= r > console all the time. We need to properly fix the cursor code. Unfortunel= y > that will take more work. In the mean time please encourage people to > support hardware cursors. Even crappy cards have hardware cursors most of > the time. The way things are now I can't use the hardware cursors without triggering the software one. The way I changed it user space (when the interface is finished) will get hardware or nothing. fbconsole will get the same hardware or nothing, but if nothing it implements a software cursor. The question here is who is responsible for generating a software cursor, is it the hardware driver's responsibility or the app using the system? fbconsole would be considered an app using the system. --=20 Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20