Hi Manuel Manuel Borchers wrote:
> the last few days I spent writing a framebuffer driver for the netX500 > chip. The tests fb and fbmacro work so far (well, some rough edges in > the code and more modes need to be supported, but basically works). > > What I'm wondering now is, is it possible to use the framebuffer driver > with the MicroWindows port? From what I've seen (just a rather quick > look), it seems the MW port is somewhat coupled to the IPAQ (which has > no framebuffer driver in devs/framebuf/) or PC hardware. What I saw is > that the init function in scr_ecos.c calls lcd_init() which seems to be > implemented in some HALs. I'm not quite getting the concept here... > > Any hints/ideas/enlightments are welcome! The original port of Microwindows to eCos precedes the eCos framebuffer I/O layer. However, I note that Alex Neundorf has been working on an updated port which appears to include eCos framebuffer support (CYGBLD_MICROWINDOWS_FBAPI_DRIVERS). Ref: http://www.ecosforge.net/ecosforge/branches/packages/microwindows-mergecvs/current/ I hope this helps... John Dallaway eCos maintainer -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss
