Re: Linux 2.4.20-pre6

Re: Linux 2.4.20-pre6

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> 
> >...
> > Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>:
> >...
> >   o Wrong fbcon_mac dependency
> >...
> 
> It's possible to enable CONFIG_FBCON_MAC on !m68k and after your change
> the compilation breaks on i386 with the following error:
> 
> <--  snip  -->
> 
> ...
> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.4/linux-2.4.19-full/include
> -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing
> -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=k6   -nostdinc
> -iwithprefix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=fbcon  -c -o fbcon.o fbcon.c
> fbcon.c: In function `fbcon_setup':
> fbcon.c:641: `MACH_IS_MAC' undeclared (first use in this function)
> fbcon.c:641: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> fbcon.c:641: for each function it appears in.)
> make[3]: *** [fbcon.o] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.4/linux-2.4.19-full/drivers/video'

Hmmm... I didn't realize vesafb can use fbcon-mac.

However, it seems to be used if you don't enable any of the fbcon-cfb* modules
only, since fbcon-cfb* takes precendence.

Do people really use 6x11 fonts with vesafb?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
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In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
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Re: Linux 2.4.20-pre6

[Joachim Breuer]

Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> writes:

> On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>> On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>> 
>> >...
>> > Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>:
>> >...
>> >   o Wrong fbcon_mac dependency
>> >...
>> 
> [SNIP]
>
> Hmmm... I didn't realize vesafb can use fbcon-mac.
>
> However, it seems to be used if you don't enable any of the fbcon-cfb* modules
> only, since fbcon-cfb* takes precendence.
>
> Do people really use 6x11 fonts with vesafb?

I don't use vesafb (as they (do they still?) tend to interfere with
accelerated X). "But I would if I did."

(Currently typing in an XEmacs on a 1600x1200 21" CRT using 6x13
font. No, I still don't get "enough" on one screen...)


So long,
   Joe

-- 
"I use emacs, which might be thought of as a thermonuclear
 word processor."
-- Neal Stephenson, "In the beginning... was the command line"


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Re: Linux 2.4.20-pre6

[Thunder from the hill]

Hi,

On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Joachim Breuer wrote:
> I don't use vesafb (as they (do they still?) tend to interfere with
> accelerated X). "But I would if I did."

I'm using the console at 1600x1200 on 22". About once a week I go to 
XFree86 mode, which is indeed as accelerated as the console. No problems. 
I can switch back and forth without even having to notice.

			Thunder
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Re: Linux 2.4.20-pre6

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > 
> > >...
> > > Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>:
> > >...
> > >   o Wrong fbcon_mac dependency
> > >...
> > 
> > It's possible to enable CONFIG_FBCON_MAC on !m68k and after your change
> > the compilation breaks on i386 with the following error:
> > 
> > <--  snip  -->
> > 
> > ...
> > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.4/linux-2.4.19-full/include
> > -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing
> > -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=k6   -nostdinc
> > -iwithprefix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=fbcon  -c -o fbcon.o fbcon.c
> > fbcon.c: In function `fbcon_setup':
> > fbcon.c:641: `MACH_IS_MAC' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > fbcon.c:641: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> > fbcon.c:641: for each function it appears in.)
> > make[3]: *** [fbcon.o] Error 1
> > make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.4/linux-2.4.19-full/drivers/video'
> 
> Hmmm... I didn't realize vesafb can use fbcon-mac.
> 
> However, it seems to be used if you don't enable any of the fbcon-cfb* modules
> only, since fbcon-cfb* takes precendence.
> 
> Do people really use 6x11 fonts with vesafb?

Unless someone comes up with a better solution, I suggest to apply following
patch:

--- linux-2.4.20-pre6/drivers/video/fbcon.c	Wed Sep 11 08:19:48 2002
+++ linux-m68k-2.4.20-pre6/drivers/video/fbcon.c	Thu Sep 12 15:22:35 2002
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@
     }
     
     if (!fontwidthvalid(p,fontwidth(p))) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_FBCON_MAC
+#if defined(CONFIG_FBCON_MAC) && defined(CONFIG_MAC)
 	if (MACH_IS_MAC)
 	    /* ++Geert: hack to make 6x11 fonts work on mac */
 	    p->dispsw = &fbcon_mac;

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds



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