Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-25 Thread Thomas White
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:00:10 -0500 (CDT) KaZeR wrote: > > The binaries linked from that page are out of date - I'll update > > them shortly if anyone's interested in this "lazy option". > > > > I am :) > Let's say that i'd like to blind test the other option :) Up to date DRI binaries are now

Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-25 Thread KaZeR
in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Kernel-Mode-Setting-KMS-on-Neo-FreeRunner-Debian-tp3463362p3510482.html Sent from the Openmoko Community mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-25 Thread Thomas White
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:37:21 +0200 Michal Brzozowski wrote: > Sure, I'd like to test it. Any instructions on how to install it? Yep, there are build instructions here: http://www.bitwiz.org.uk/s/dri-for-the-freerunner.html Sorry for the slow response. I've just updated the instructions to use

Re: Android Donut on FreeRunner (was Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian)

2009-08-22 Thread Chris Samuel
On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:16:11 am Christopher Friedt wrote: > I'm definitely looking into getting in touch with Michael Trimarchi. Forgot to mention, he has been active on the Koolu android-freerunner list: http://android.koolu.org/listinfo.cgi/android-freerunner-koolu.org cheers, Chris -- Chr

Re: Android Donut on FreeRunner (was Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian)

2009-08-22 Thread Chris Samuel
On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:16:11 am Christopher Friedt wrote: > I'm definitely looking into getting in touch with Michael Trimarchi. > I'm interested to see if he can get some of the libglamo / glamo-dri > code to fit in with Android's GL implimentation. He has two public git trees which seem to cont

Re: Android Donut on FreeRunner (was Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian)

2009-08-22 Thread Christopher Friedt
I'm definitely looking into getting in touch with Michael Trimarchi. I'm interested to see if he can get some of the libglamo / glamo-dri code to fit in with Android's GL implimentation. If that's the case, then the FreeRunner graphics might actually speed up a bit (not to mention how nice it would

Re: Android Donut on FreeRunner (was Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian)

2009-08-21 Thread Jim Ancona
AFAIK, Michael still hasn't published his changes in a public repository. To improve the speed of the Koolu build, see the patch in this email: http://android.koolu.org/pipermail/android-freerunner-koolu.org/2009-July/001149.html Jim On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Chris Samuel wrote: > On Sat,

Android Donut on FreeRunner (was Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian)

2009-08-21 Thread Chris Samuel
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:49:09 am Christopher Friedt wrote: > I've since become a bit fixated with Android Donut on my FreeRunner, > and am just about finished building an ARMv4T generic version of Donut > (hopefully everything links ok without relocations!). Next I'll have > to try to integrate a m

Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-21 Thread Christopher Friedt
Hi Tom, It's nice to know that you're still working on this [1]. I had a bit of a 'break' after I moved back to Germany and got back into my msc program. Things are naturally quite busy because I'm still working remotely at my engineering job in Canada, so it wasn't really that much of a break in

Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-21 Thread Chris Samuel
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:01:53 pm Thomas White wrote: > It's important to note that, at this stage, the work is less about > performance and more about laying a solid basis for DRI [1]. I don't know if it's of interest, but Michael Trimarchi who does the Panicking port of Android to the FreeRunner

Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-19 Thread Timo Jyrinki
2009/8/20, Timo Jyrinki : > As for those asking for instructions: I built the kernel branch [1] > with the http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Toolchain instructions. Forgot to note: config is arch/arm/configs/gta02_drm_defconfig. -Timo ___ Openmoko communit

Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-19 Thread Timo Jyrinki
2009/8/19, Martin Jansa : >> > I'm using this driver for some time and it behaves realy good. I didn't >> > even >> > noticed any garbled text or artifacts, which is great for this state of >> > development :). >> >> You are probably talking about the non-KMS, normal xf86-video-glamo? > > No I'm r

Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-19 Thread Martin Jansa
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 08:27:30PM +0300, Timo Jyrinki wrote: > 2009/8/19 Martin Jansa : > > I'm using this driver for some time and it behaves realy good. I didn't even > > noticed any garbled text or artifacts, which is great for this state of > > development :). > > You are probably talking abo

Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-19 Thread Michal Brzozowski
2009/8/19 Thomas White > Anyone brave enough to test it is more than welcome. > Sure, I'd like to test it. Any instructions on how to install it? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinf

Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-19 Thread Timo Jyrinki
2009/8/19 Martin Jansa : > I'm using this driver for some time and it behaves realy good. I didn't even > noticed any garbled text or artifacts, which is great for this state of > development :). You are probably talking about the non-KMS, normal xf86-video-glamo? It's been working ca. since Febru

Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-19 Thread Sebastian Krzyszkowiak
On 8/19/09, Martin Jansa wrote: > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 01:01:53PM +0100, Thomas White wrote: >> On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:38:12 +1000 >> Chris Samuel wrote: >> >> > I haven't seen anyone else post about this yet, but this looks really >> > neat! >> > >> > (Found via Planet Ubuntu) >> > >> > http:

Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-19 Thread Martin Jansa
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 01:01:53PM +0100, Thomas White wrote: > On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:38:12 +1000 > Chris Samuel wrote: > > > I haven't seen anyone else post about this yet, but this looks really neat! > > > > (Found via Planet Ubuntu) > > > > http://losca.blogspot.com/2009/08/kernel-mode-sett

Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-19 Thread Thomas White
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:38:12 +1000 Chris Samuel wrote: > I haven't seen anyone else post about this yet, but this looks really neat! > > (Found via Planet Ubuntu) > > http://losca.blogspot.com/2009/08/kernel-mode-setting-kms-on-neo.html Thanks to everyone for the encouragement! Apart from the

Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-19 Thread Werner Almesberger
Dan Staley wrote: > The glamo.useful? If this work continues...perhaps a rethink of > gta02-core is in order?! Hmm, I doubt it :) Use one bitmap that's not cached in Glamo memory and you're back to watching the same old paint dry again. So I still think gta02-core will run circles around GTA0

Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-18 Thread Davide Scaini
thanks for the video... it would be nice to see how it works wit enlightenment... but maybe it's better to wait till thomas finishes his work ;-) thanks again d On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Timo Jyrinki wrote: > 2009/8/18 Chris Samuel : > > I haven't seen anyone else post about this yet, but

Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-18 Thread Timo Jyrinki
2009/8/18 Chris Samuel : > I haven't seen anyone else post about this yet, but this looks really neat! > > (Found via Planet Ubuntu) > > http://losca.blogspot.com/2009/08/kernel-mode-setting-kms-on-neo.html Yes, I thought to give some sneak peak to it as I was so happy to get Thomas' work working

Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-18 Thread Dan Staley
The glamo.useful? If this work continues...perhaps a rethink of gta02-core is in order?! Keep up the great work Thomas! Also +1 on the video. -Dan Staley On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Davide Scaini wrote: > yes, great! > waiting for a video ;-) (i saw only a photo on his blog...) > th

Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-18 Thread Davide Scaini
yes, great! waiting for a video ;-) (i saw only a photo on his blog...) thanks d On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Russell Hay wrote: > Hear hear... well done Thomas - we're all looking forward to what you're > hacking on! > > Russ > > > 2009/8/18 Yorick Moko > > >> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 3:38

Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-18 Thread Russell Hay
Hear hear... well done Thomas - we're all looking forward to what you're hacking on! Russ 2009/8/18 Yorick Moko > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 3:38 AM, Chris Samuel wrote: > >> I haven't seen anyone else post about this yet, but this looks really >> neat! >> >> (Found via Planet Ubuntu) >> >> ht

Re: Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-18 Thread Yorick Moko
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 3:38 AM, Chris Samuel wrote: > I haven't seen anyone else post about this yet, but this looks really neat! > > (Found via Planet Ubuntu) > > http://losca.blogspot.com/2009/08/kernel-mode-setting-kms-on-neo.html > > # Forget AMD, Intel, NVIDIA! Thomas White's incredible wor

Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) on Neo FreeRunner + Debian

2009-08-17 Thread Chris Samuel
I haven't seen anyone else post about this yet, but this looks really neat! (Found via Planet Ubuntu) http://losca.blogspot.com/2009/08/kernel-mode-setting-kms-on-neo.html # Forget AMD, Intel, NVIDIA! Thomas White's incredible work with Neo # FreeRunner's puny graphics dec...accelerator, Smedia