Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268008AbUJCRBw (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Oct 2004 13:01:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268019AbUJCRBw (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Oct 2004 13:01:52 -0400 Received: from pimout6-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.78]:59388 "EHLO pimout6-ext.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268011AbUJCRBI (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Oct 2004 13:01:08 -0400 Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 12:59:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Vladimir Dergachev X-X-Sender: volodya@node2.an-vo.com Reply-To: Vladimir Dergachev To: Jon Smirl cc: Dave Airlie , dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, lkml Subject: Re: Merging DRM and fbdev In-Reply-To: <9e4733910410030924214dd3e3@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <9e47339104100220553c57624a@mail.gmail.com> <9e4733910410030833e8a6683@mail.gmail.com> <9e4733910410030924214dd3e3@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1956 Lines: 51 > km - library > > Libraries are kernel modules that don't attach to any specific > hardware, they just supply routines for other drivers to call. We > might want to change the name of these to libdrm, libfb, libkm. > > I haven't looked into Gatos yet but I'd like to see the radeon > converted to follow the model of all of the other vl4 cards instead of > having it's own system. In the X on GL world the 2D XAA radeon driver > is gone. Gatos support will need to live somewhere else. Jon, this is a common misconception - GATOS km module *does* provide a v4l interface. What is different is that the device configuration (like setting the tuner or encoding) is done by Xserver. All km does is check whether the card can supply a v4l stream and, if so, it provides it. This is little different from a webcam driver, especially if a webcam has its own on/off switch. The misconception arises from the fact that many v4l programs were only made to work with bt848 cards - they would *not* work with webcams any more than they would work with km. best Vladimir Dergachev > > -- > Jon Smirl > jonsmirl@gmail.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal > Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us > Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl > -- > _______________________________________________ > Dri-devel mailing list > Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel > - 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/