From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:45:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:44:58 -0500 Received: from panic.ohr.gatech.edu ([130.207.47.194]:46089 "EHLO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:44:47 -0500 Message-ID: <3A6EF86B.32F6DC1E@mandrakesoft.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:44:43 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik Organization: MandrakeSoft X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.1-pre10 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Holmberg CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: nividia fb 0.9.0? In-Reply-To: <20010124174558.A6608@chefren> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Robert Holmberg wrote: > > I saw version 0.9.0 of the nvidia fb driver floating around on the nvidia > for linux mailing list some time ago. I tried it and liked it, it was A LOT > faster and seemingly bug-free. I decided to wait for it to get integrated > into the kernel. Time has gone by, the linux-nvidia archives are down and > no-one seems to have submitted this patch, despite the fact that there was > some talk about who should do it on the linux-nvidia-list. Has anyone tried > to submit this? Otherwise I have it right here, not in patch format, but as > a tar file including all files in the riva directory. > > fbdev.c lists changes by Jindrich Makovicka: accel code help, hw cursor, > mtrr support. > > There was a minor bugfix patch to this one as well, I think it's applied to > my version since the version number is 0.9.0jm2, but I can't recall for > sure. > > I don't know if I could make a correct patch, since one filename > seems to have changed from nv_local.h to nv4ref.h, and the official > kernel version has some changes made after ths version was released > (in November I think). > > I'm putting the file up here in case someone wants to make a patch out of > it and submit it to Linus: I just mentioned this to Bakonyi Ferenc , who said that it would be better to roll a new patch without the v4l stuff, and update rivafb. rivafb is apparently stable but the v4l code is not (yet). -- Jeff Garzik | "You see, in this world there's two kinds of Building 1024 | people, my friend: Those with loaded guns MandrakeSoft | and those who dig. You dig." --Blondie - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/