Is this for both X86 and Sparc then? I am asking because the platform is not mentioned here and fbconfig does not (yet) exist on X86 and Xorg is just starting to show up for Sparc.
Mike Eric Sultan wrote: > I'm sponsoring this proposal for David Paist, the timeout to expire on > 06/30/2008. The requested release binding is patch. > > -- Eric > > > Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.66 04/17/08 SMI > This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems > 1. Introduction > 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: > fbconfig configuration utility for Xorg > 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: > Author: David Paist > 1.3 Date of This Document: > 23 June, 2008 > 4. Technical Description > > This project modifies fbconfig, the frame buffer configuration > utility, to support both the Xorg and the Xsun versions of the X > server. A goal is to provide seamless support in Xorg environments > for current fbconfig(1M) users. > > The current /usr/sbin/fbconfig program will be modified to retrieve > the name of the currently-configured X server from the service > configuration repository. If the server is Xsun, fbconfig will > operate as it currently does for Xsun, modifying if necessary the > OWConfig database. > > If the server is Xorg, fbconfig will invoke a new program > fbconf-xorg, which in turn will invoke a device-specific module to > provide the configuration operations for the device named in the > command line. > > A new library, libfbconf-xorg.so, is provided to provide functions > common to fbconf-xorg and to the device-dependent modules. > > The device-dependent module names are formed from the identifier > returned by the VIS_GETIDENTIFIER ioctl, in a manner similar to the > practice for fbconfig modules for Xsun. For Xorg, the modules are > named lib<Corporate Identifier><Device Name>_conf.so. For example, > the module for kfb is libSUNWkfb_conf.so. > > Durable data will be stored in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. If that file does > not exist, it will be created with a minimal configuration necessary > to support the requested configuration. > > Interfaces exported: > > /usr/sbin/fbconfig Uncommitted modified program > /usr/lib/fbconfig/fbconf-xorg Uncommitted new > /usr/lib/fbconfig/libfbconf-xorg.so Uncommitted new > /usr/lib/fbconfig/libSUNWkfb_conf.so Uncommitted new, > kfb-specific > /usr/share/man/man1m/fbconfig.1m Uncommitted modified man > page > /usr/share/man/man1m/fbconf-xorg.1m Uncommitted new man page > /etc/X11/xorg.conf Uncommitted > > > Initial support will be for the XVR-2500 graphics accelerator (kfb). > > This project does not grovide the DCMTool GUI support for Xorg. > > 6. Resources and Schedule > 6.4. Steering Committee requested information > 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: > Graphics > 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack > 6.6. ARC Exposure: open
