Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Oct 2004 18:57:20 +0200 | From | Martin Waitz <> | Subject | Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Generic VESA framebuffer driver and Video card BOOT? |
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On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 10:42:04PM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Montag, 18. Oktober 2004 22:21 schrieb Helge Hafting: > > > On first access only, and even that only if the driver doesn't map the > > > pages at mmap() time already. ?Not a single fb driver seems to map the > > > pages lazy today, grepping in drivers/video for nopage handles shows > > > nothing. ?I'm not sure you can actually do that for iomem mappings. > > > > > Isn't it possible for the driver to unmap the mapping when > > suspending? ?Then you're guaranteed to get that first access. > > But what would you do then? Block everything that is using a terminal?
yes
but that wouldn't last long if you run the userspace helper as soon as you are finished resuming.
One 'only' needs a method to give feedback while loading the image... I guess we have to rely on the firmware here. (Eighter it already sets an useable mode or provides a function that can display test)
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