Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:45:20 -0800 (PST) | From | James Simmons <> | Subject | Re: [FBDEV]: Framebuffer driver for Intel 810/815 chipsets |
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Applied !!!!
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James Simmons [jsimmons@users.sf.net] ____/| fbdev/console/gfx developer \ o.O| http://www.linux-fbdev.org =(_)= http://linuxgfx.sourceforge.net U http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net
On 11 Dec 2002, Antonino Daplas wrote:
> James, > > It seems the fbdev framework is stable enough, and already in the > development tree. So, I'm submitting a driver for the Intel 810/815 for > review and perhaps inclusion to your tree (to get more testing), and > hopefully merge with Linus's tree. > > The patch is against linux-2.5.51, but will not work yet because of 2 > reasons: > > 1. agpgart is not working for the i810 > 2. support for early agp initialization needs to be added. > > Once #1 is fixed, the driver should work as a module. And once #2 gets > included, the driver can be compiled statically. Dave Jones (thanks for > the help, by the way) has already #2 in his tree (tested and works), and > is currently working on #1 (I have a hacked version at home). > > The driver should be compliant with fbdev-2.5, and should support most > if not all features that are to be expected (modularity, state saving > and restoring, full hardware support, etc). One thing also that's very > important for many people is that the driver will work with XFree86 with > its native i810 drivers without further modification, and quite stably > too. > > The patch is at > http://i810fb.sourceforge.net/linux-2.5.51-i810fb.diff.gz > > Thanks, > > Tony > > > > >
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