Hi Justin, > > Given it's got USB, does that mean it could, in theory, support a > > DisplayPort display given that Linux has support for DP now, > > although without video compression? > > I'm not sure I understand DisplayPort well enough to answer this. > What's the relationship between USB and DisplayPort?
I understand you can plug into USB a device that, with kernel help, generate the DP signal for a DP monitor. There's didn't used to be DisplayPort kernel drivers but that scheme (by Greg Kroah-Hartman?) to have hardware manufacturers step forth and have drivers written for them created some. The drivers don't include video compression because the manufacturer doesn't want to release the details, so that's only on Windows/Mac. By co-incidence, I was flicking through March's Linux Format in WHS and there's an article on DisplayPort. A small box mentions some guy that's using a NSLU2 (Slug) with a USB DisplayPort as a screen for a terminal. I've been unable to Google the guy though. Perhaps if anyone has the mag, they can give the details from that little box; top right-hand corner of the second page, IIRC. I don't suppose a Sheeva would be up to much, no hardware floating point for instance, but anything that can drive a screen can be handy. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tue 2010-03-02 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
