Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Oct 2002 14:38:51 -0800 (PST) | From | James Simmons <> | Subject | Re: [BK updates] fbdev changes updates. |
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> On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 12:45:10PM -0800, James Simmons wrote: > > The reason for this is we will see in the future embedded ix86 > > boards with things like i810 framebuffers with NO vga core. In this case > > we will need a fbdev driver for a graphical console. Thus the agp code > > must be started before the fbdev layer. > > Can you explain exactly what the agpgart code is doing that needs > to be done earlier than framebuffer ? I don't see any reason for this > change. There should be no GART mappings until we've booted userspace > (except for the case of IOMMU)
Best to ask the author of the i810 framebuffer driver. He can tell you his need for AGP stuff. I CC.
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