From: Roman Hodek <roman@ns.caldera.de>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] framebuffer console
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 12:14:28 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ia64-105590698805382@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-ia64-105590698805378@msgid-missing>
> Would be nice to use CONFIG_FB_VESA so I was graphics card
> independent, but there is some x86 assembler in that source, and I
> believe it relies on video mode switching being done before the
> kernel starts as well.
Yep, vesafb is an i386-specific hack... :(
I already thought about a generic replacement, but EFI doesn't have
any resolution-related calls (AFAICS).
> So, has anyone else played with framebuffer console, and been more
> successful than me? Is the problem I'm seeing likely to be specific
> to my graphics card, or something more generic?
I've once played with it (some months ago), and aty128fb worked ok so
far. But I've only tested text on the console, no real graphics.
Anyway, your problems more sounds like portability problems in rivafb...
Roman
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-24 12:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-24 10:30 [Linux-ia64] framebuffer console Richard Hirst
2001-10-24 11:26 ` Richard Hirst
2001-10-24 12:14 ` Roman Hodek
2001-10-24 12:14 ` Roman Hodek [this message]
2001-10-24 23:21 ` David Mosberger
2001-11-04 22:06 ` Richard Hirst
2001-11-06 1:12 ` David Mosberger
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