Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262283AbVBBOEm (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Feb 2005 09:04:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262550AbVBBOEk (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Feb 2005 09:04:40 -0500 Received: from alog0535.analogic.com ([208.224.223.72]:16000 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262374AbVBBOEW (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Feb 2005 09:04:22 -0500 Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 09:04:26 -0500 (EST) From: linux-os Reply-To: linux-os@analogic.com To: Haakon Riiser cc: Linux kernel Subject: Re: Accelerated frame buffer functions In-Reply-To: <20050202133108.GA2410@s> Message-ID: References: <20050202133108.GA2410@s> 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: 996 Lines: 24 On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Haakon Riiser wrote: > How can I use a frame buffer driver's optimized copyarea, fillrect, > blit, etc. from userspace? The only way I've ever seen anyone use > the frame buffer device is by mmap()ing it and doing everything > manually in the mapped memory. I assume there must be ioctls for > accessing the accelerated functions, but after several hours of > grepping and googling, I give up. :-( > > Any help is greatly appreciated! > X-Windows already does this. Execute `/usr/bin/X11/x11perf -all` to watch. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.6.10 on an i686 machine (5537.79 BogoMips). Notice : All mail here is now cached for review by Dictator Bush. 98.36% of all statistics are fiction. - 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/