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From: James Simmons <jsimmons@infradead.org>
To: David Eger <eger-dated-1085563931.b5f459@theboonies.us>
Cc: akpm@osdl.org,
	Linux Frame Buffer Dev  <linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] FB accel capabilities patch
Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 20:34:14 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0405192026290.28783-100000@phoenix.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0405191118170.4760@rosencrantz.theboonies.us>


> A month or two ago I noticed that the framebuffer console driver doesn't
> know to do proper framebuffer acceleration in Linux 2.6;  I've implemented
> a solution Geert suggested where each framebuffer driver advertizes its 
> hardware capabilities via fb_info->flags.  Please apply to -mm so I can 
> get wider testing.
> 
> The patches are at:
> 
> http://www.yak.net/random/fbdev-patches/accel-cap-take2/relative2mainline/
> 
> The core of these patches is enabling the use of the following flags:
> 
> +/* FBIF = FB_Info.Flags */
> +#define FBIF_MODULE		0x0001	/* Low-level driver is a module */

Ug. You changed that. Could that remain the same. 

I have a patch coming that fixes the mode setting. It changes alot of the 
core fbcon.c so I will apply your patch to the fbdev-2.5 tree. 



  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-05-19 19:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-05-19  9:36 David Eger
2004-05-19 10:03 ` Andrew Morton
2004-05-19 11:14   ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-05-19 23:31   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2004-05-20  8:19     ` [OT ML related] Emiliano 'AlberT' Gabrielli
2004-05-20  8:54       ` Jurriaan
2004-05-20  9:09         ` Emiliano 'AlberT' Gabrielli
2004-05-20  9:20           ` DervishD
2004-05-20  9:23             ` Emiliano 'AlberT' Gabrielli
2004-05-20  9:32               ` Russell King
2004-05-20 15:54   ` [PATCH 1/4] James' fbcon init and con2fb cleanup David Eger
2004-05-20 15:59     ` [PATCH 2/4] FB accel capabilities (core update) David Eger
2004-05-20 16:00     ` [PATCH 1/4] James' fbcon init and con2fb cleanup James Simmons
2004-05-20 16:01     ` [PATCH 3/4] s/FBINFO_FLAG_/FBINFO_/g David Eger
2004-05-20 16:03     ` [PATCH 4/4] radeonfb accel capabilities David Eger
2004-05-19 19:34 ` James Simmons [this message]
2004-05-19 21:39   ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] FB accel capabilities patch David Eger
2004-05-19 21:47     ` James Simmons

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