Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761321AbXEUQQd (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2007 12:16:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755004AbXEUQQY (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2007 12:16:24 -0400 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.170]:30402 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754973AbXEUQQX (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2007 12:16:23 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=qu0ZNmx6gKhpSiDG3/IwOo9C48fd2dDHq54gM2ikxZ+owxGhtbDfA5js36LPYY0DQKb5I+zDEp+0ZF2wJ6bfwCxlPEdAX1FRD1cOvLniVnofa3K9nD5NKA9DgeigocPVISLR/laoR4ythhCicKBjQsUjj732rMD2pNaZ/UCVPR8= Message-ID: <21d7e9970705210916r152ecaf4jafc2b0c1ce3914ae@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 17:16:20 +0100 From: "Dave Airlie" To: "Jon Smirl" Subject: Re: [RFC] enhancing the kernel's graphics subsystem Cc: "Jesse Barnes" , "Jon Smirl" , "Jesse Barnes" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Antonino A. Daplas" In-Reply-To: <9e4733910705210901v5996cacas640f211404c519c6@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200705171423.46748.jesse.barnes@intel.com> <200705201610.32170.jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> <9e4733910705201747n1847f7b1wd57a8e8640a857a8@mail.gmail.com> <200705210809.25206.jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> <9e4733910705210901v5996cacas640f211404c519c6@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 820 Lines: 21 . > > There is more to fbdev than mode setting. It is also how non-x86 > platforms achieve their boot display. How will boot display be handled > with the your design? What about console display on non-x86 platforms? > Loading both fbdev and the new code puts us right back into the > multiple driver fight we have today. > > If the kernel graphics system is going to get rewritten the rewrite > needs to address all of the existing problems. > We already have fbcon working perfectly on top of this layer... so you might want to actually look at the developed code.. Dave. - 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/