Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Feb 1999 12:55:29 +0100 (CET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: FrameBuffer |
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On Fri, 12 Feb 1999 asethman@mandate-inc.com wrote: > On 12 Feb 1999, Jes Sorensen wrote: > > Because the S3 drivers currently in the kernel are _very_ limited in > > functionality and relies on the booter (or previously run operating > > system) to initialize the board first and will then only take over the > > screen. > > > > Jes > I have another question here....I know there is support for the CL543x > chips in the kernel for m68k arch....is it possible to port this code to > ix86 or would that be a no-go. Also what exactly would it take to port > it(I'm up for hacking away at this thing ;)
People are already working on adding generic PCI probing to clgenfb.c, for Linux/PPC. Extension to other PCI based platforms should be straightforward.
Greetings,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/ Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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