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* [PATCH 0/2] xen pvfb: Para-virtual framebuffer, keyboard and pointer
@ 2008-02-21  9:42 Markus Armbruster
  2008-02-21  9:43 ` [PATCH 1/2] fbdev: Make deferred I/O work as advertized Markus Armbruster
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From: Markus Armbruster @ 2008-02-21  9:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel
  Cc: virtualization, xen-devel, linux-fbdev-devel, adaplas,
	linux-input, dmitry.torokhov, akpm, jayakumar.lkml

This is a pair of Xen para-virtual frontend device drivers:
drivers/video/xen-fbfront.c provides a framebuffer, and
drivers/input/xen-kbdfront provides keyboard and mouse.

The backends run in dom0 user space.

I started with the Xen version at
http://xenbits.xensource.com/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg?rev/ca05cf1a9bdc

Differences to that Xen version, for those who care:

* Rewritten on top of fb deferred I/O

* IRQ handler names visible in /proc and /sys match the driver names.

* Use framebuffer helper functions appropriate for framebuffer in
  system RAM.

* write() refreshes the framebuffer properly.

* off-by-one height of some screen refreshs fixed.

* Crash when register_framebuffer() fails fixed.

* Test for empty ring in input_handler() fixed.

* Deadlock in xen-kbdfront resume fixed.

* General clean up.

I have a step-by-step patch series from that Xen version to my
version, if anybody is interested.  Might be useful for reviewers
familiar with the Xen version.

The patch consists of two parts:

1. fbdev: Make deferred I/O work as advertized

   I need fb deferred I/O, but is utterly broken.  A fix has been
   floating around on linux-fbdev-devel as part of a larger patch,
   which as far as I know has not been merged anywhere, yet.  This is
   just the fix.

2. xen pvfb: Para-virtual framebuffer, keyboard and pointer driver

   The actual drivers.

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2008-02-21  9:43 ` [PATCH 1/2] fbdev: Make deferred I/O work as advertized Markus Armbruster
2008-02-21 16:30   ` Jaya Kumar
2008-02-21 17:31     ` Markus Armbruster
2008-02-21  9:43 ` [PATCH 2/2] xen pvfb: Para-virtual framebuffer, keyboard and pointer driver Markus Armbruster
2008-02-21 16:37   ` Jaya Kumar
2008-02-21 20:31   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-02-22  6:31     ` Markus Armbruster
2008-02-22 22:31       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-02-21 11:51 ` [PATCH 0/2] xen pvfb: Para-virtual framebuffer, keyboard and pointer Markus Armbruster
2008-02-21 19:45   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-02-21 20:47     ` Markus Armbruster
2008-02-21 22:33       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge

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