What configuration do you think is needed on x86? We're moving away from
xorg.conf for anything but customizations that can't be done at runtime and
which shouldn't be the defaults.
We do pass through nvidia's configuration utilities with their drivers, but
for most drivers, there is little to no configuration needed.
-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
Mike Riley wrote:
> 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
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