On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Jim Peters wrote:
> I noticed that there was some brief talk about I740 drivers about a year ago
> on the mailing list, but there appears to be no mention of I740 in the
> source, so I'm guessing that nothing has come of this.
Well a i810 framebuffer device is in the works. Nothing on a i740 driver.
> I can see two ways forward - either write a fbdev driver, or a kgicon
> driver. The kgicon approach seems to open up more possibilities, but I
> don't know if this way is going to be easier or harder. I intend to copy
> all the code that I can out of the X I740 server, which also includes
> acceleration code, incidentally. I've looked over all this, and I'm
> beginning to get a handle on it.
>
> Given that I'm new to all these arenas (fbdev, kgicon, x-servers *and*
> VGA-hacking), but that I'm willing to put some time in to get through these
> obstacles, does anyone have any helpful advice or comments they could add.
> Particularly, I reckon it would be easier for me to understand an existing
> driver that is somehow similar to the I740, and pull everything together
> that way. Any pointers to other sources of information would also be
> appreciated.
Well to understand better how to set a video mode you can read my
FB-Driver-HOWTO. It son the fbdev homepage at http://www.linux-fbdev.org.
The GGI site (http://www.ggi-project.org) also has a wealth of info at
http://www.ggi-project.org/docs/index.html
James Simmons (o_
fbdev/gfx developer (o_ (o_ //\
http://www.linux-fbdev.org (/)_ (/)_ V_/_
http://linuxgfx.sourceforge.net
