Just curious about platform parity is all. Mike
Alan Coopersmith wrote: > 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
