> If the DirectFB viafb developers are aiming to get their > version into the official kernel tree then I will probably > abandon mine as it would simply be a duplication of effort.
You're welcome to all my contributions to the driver. However, tracing its history back to find all contributors might not be trivial. The 'HISTORY' file has this to say: -------- The linux-viafb directory in the DirectFB CVS repository contains an old 2.4 kernel frame-buffer driver for CLE266, probably taken from VIA. This driver was modifed until late 2003. It was then adapted to kernel 2.6 by André Kriehn, and available at http://patcher2k.012webpages.com/ (last mod in early 2005) VIA released some kernel frame-buffer drivers, not really usable with DirectFB, so many people improved André's driver, which was working like a charm with DirectFB under kernel 2.6 Since André's driver was the most developper-supported (nice TV-out additions by Mark Adams) WRT to VIA's one, the community decided to improve further development by importing it in a proper CVS repository at DirectFB.org, in late 2005. This driver now has very little to do with the one from VIA. -------- The individual files are a bit of a mixture. Some are GPL, some are VIA/S3G copyright with a very broad licence, one is copyright Andre Kriehn. > And what about the framebuffer driver from Via Arena? It's definitely worth trying if you have the time. Personally, I've had nothing but disappointment from previous versions of the VIA driver, as have most of the other posters to this list, hence most people using a different one for DirectFB projects. Mark _______________________________________________ directfb-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-users
