Mark Adams a écrit :
>>Unfortunately, the frame buffer driver will be the only work
>>I will do, because it's not possible to integrate their patch
>>for the libmpeg3 video provider. It's a h*** and just adds another
>>PlayTo() method that doesn't use DirectFB for surface management.
>>It implicitly uses the video layer via libddmpeg and their kernel
>>module. Memory management will collide if you do something more
>>sophisticated with DirectFB.
> 
> Oh dear, that's a shame :-(
> 
> Can VIA not be persuaded to release the source for libddmpeg to you?

There was a lot of reverse-engineering work done by people on the
open-source unichrome X driver. They in fact went to the point of having
a full open-source implementation of libddmpeg, but they tied this to XvMC.
I think the best way is to get this implementation and get rid of X
dependencies.
VIA proved many time that they do not fully support open-source. Just
looking at how the kernel frame-buffer driver is coded and distributed
is a clue...

>>I don't know what VIA is going to do with the enhanced frame buffer
>>driver. The last (source) version seems to be from Feb 3rd this year.
>>It doesn't compile for me using 2.6.13.2, the cursor stuff needs to
>>be updated. I was in contact with them in June...
> 
> There's a newer one than that, here:
> 
> http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=420&OSID=25&CatID=2580&SubCatID=101
> 
> This compiles with 2.6.11 (albeit with lots of warnings).  I haven't
> tried loading it.

I tried this one with 2.6.11, thus the patch I sent to Denis.

> I see they've changed the representation of the TV encoder config but
> I'm sure I can provide a patch for a nice 720x576 non-scaled mode. 
> I'd be happy to take a look at that once you've got a working
> DirectFB-compatible framebuffer.

I'll follow you with the vt1622 non-scaled mode.

-- 
NH

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