From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: More virtio users Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:07:27 +1000 Message-ID: <1181621247.14818.246.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <466BA965.6050208@qumranet.com> <1181463220.16428.24.camel@localhost.localdomain> <466D04C2.8010403@redhat.com> <1181603983.16428.100.camel__36651.2330751449$1181608748$gmane$org@localhost.localdomain> <466E14A6.6020400@codemonkey.ws> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <466E14A6.6020400@codemonkey.ws> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org To: Anthony Liguori Cc: kvm-devel , xen-devel , virtualization List-Id: virtualization@lists.linuxfoundation.org > The X fbdev driver is going to make supporting a new fb ioctl pretty > fun. It currently doesn't even support the existing fb ioctls and has a > strange abstraction layer. > > I reckon writing a new X driver from scratch (or based on something like > the vnc X driver) would be easier in the long run. Hrm... adding something to X fbdev should be fairly trivial... in fact, it already have some sort of ShadowFB support which we could use to track damage though it's less nice than using the damage extension I've been told. Ben.