Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263601AbTIHU6i (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 16:58:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263602AbTIHU6h (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 16:58:37 -0400 Received: from mail2.sonytel.be ([195.0.45.172]:17066 "EHLO witte.sonytel.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263601AbTIHU6f (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 16:58:35 -0400 Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 22:57:34 +0200 (MEST) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: Petr Vandrovec cc: Dave Jones , Linux Kernel Development , cheapisp@sensewave.com, Linux Frame Buffer Device Development Subject: Re: hi-res fb console with 2.6.0-testX ? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2043 Lines: 48 On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Petr Vandrovec wrote: > On 7 Sep 03 at 22:58, Dave Jones wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 09:51:51PM +0200, cheapisp@sensewave.com wrote: > > > The kernel command lines which work with vesafb and matroxfb in 2.4 do not > > > work for me in 2.6.0-testX. > > > > > > kernel (hd0,0)/bz-2.6.0-t4mm3 root=/dev/hdc2 video=matrox:vesa:0x11A > > > kernel (hd0,0)/bz-2.6.0-t4mm3 root=/dev/hdc2 vga=794 > > vga= seems to have changed semantics. (Which is a polite way of saying > > "has regressed" IMO), this has been reported several times before, but > > it doesn't seem to be too high on peoples 'must fix' list. > > > > > Doing fbset "vesa11A" causes the monitor to lose the sync. > > > > last I looked, fbset needed updates for the changes in 2.6 > > video= changed sematic too. Now you have to do > video=matroxfb:...., not video=matrox:.... > > And /dev/fb* changed semantic too, so forget about using fbset on your > box. I really like to see this fixed. IMHO fbcon should be build on top of fbdev, not vice-versa. > And whole fb subsystem changed semantic, so do not build both > vesafb & matroxfb into the kernel - either one or another, or > you'll be definitely surprised what will happen (and I'm almost > sure that blank screen is not what you want). What's wrong with the resource system that prevents this from working? Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/