So you are saying that X86 should remain with no way to configure Xorg displays, except manually editing the xorg.conf file, and only a deprecated method for configuring Xsun displays?
This makes no sense to me. Mike Stuart Kreitman wrote: > This should be exclusive to Sparc, because x86 never had fbconfig, It > had kdmconfig which is quite deprecated, > see the man page on it. kdmconfig was kept specific to Xsun and has > nothing to do with xorg.conf. > > > Stuart > > > Mike Riley wrote: >> 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
