one more question.
will the driver be open source?
ed
On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 12:25:04PM -0800, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> Couple of quick questions:
>
> 1) Would it make sense to support this on x86 hardware as well? (I'm
> thinking server class headless systems, which I gather is the target market
> for these chips.)
>
> 2) Does the driver support any power management features? (power(9e) or
> DDI_SUSPEND?)
>
> 3) Does this driver support the graphics mode console and/or virtual
> terminals? (Perhaps this question doesn't make sense -- I'm not sure how
> this driver interacts with remote consoles... or maybe I'm misunderstanding
> something.)
>
> 4) Actually, if this behaves in a manner that is quite different from a
> typical framebuffer with local display and keyboard, then a bit more
> detailed background information would be helpful. Of course, if it really
> is just a typical framebuffer, then just simply say so... the ASPEED
> website doesn't really help make things clear to me.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- Garrett
>
> Eric Sultan wrote:
>> I'm sponsoring this case for Grace Wang, the timeout set to expire next
>> Tuesday, December 16, 2008. The requested release binding is patch.
>>
>> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase %I% %G% SMI
>> This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems
>> 1. Introduction
>> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
>> SPARC support for AST graphics
>> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
>> Author: Grace Wang
>> 1.3 Date of This Document:
>> 09 December, 2008
>>
>> 4. Technical Description
>>
>> This project delivers SPARC graphics support for the AST2100
>> graphics component. The deliverables include a ddx (Xorg) module, a
>> kernel driver, a vts module and an fbconfig module. The driver name
>> is ast. The source code for these modules is based on ASPEED
>> technology. The Xorg code will be delivered into the Xorg
>> consolidation.
>>
>> Interfaces exported:
>>
>> /usr/X11/lib/modules/drivers/ast_drv.so Uncommitted
>> /kernel/drv/sparcv9/ast Uncommitted
>> /usr/lib/sparcv9/libvtsSUNWast.so.1 Uncommitted
>> /usr/lib/fbconfig/libSUNWast_conf.so Uncommitted
>> /usr/share/man/man1m/fbconf_xorg.1m Uncommitted modified man page
>> /usr/share/man/man7d/ast.7d Uncommitted
>> Interfaces imported:
>>
>> Xorg server CLI/API/ABI External (ref PSARC 2004/187)
>>
>> 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
>>
