> It's nothing fantastic, but I've had a number of people tell me that
> it was useful for them.
It does document some stuff nicely - not alas the bits I need to figure
out at the moment but its definitely a nice reference to the basic setup.
(ponders Voodoo2 DRI)
It's nothing fantastic, but I've had a number of people tell me that
it was useful for them.
It does document some stuff nicely - not alas the bits I need to figure
out at the moment but its definitely a nice reference to the basic setup.
(ponders Voodoo2 DRI)
On Wednesday 23 March 2011 15:09:54 Robert Fekete wrote:
> On 21 March 2011 21:08, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 20:25, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:43 + timofonic timofonic wrote:
>
On Wednesday 23 March 2011 15:09:54 Robert Fekete wrote:
On 21 March 2011 21:08, Alex Deucher alexdeuc...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 20:25, Jesse Barnes wrote:
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:43 + timofonic timofonic
On 21 March 2011 21:08, Alex Deucher wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
> wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 20:25, Jesse Barnes
>> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:43 +
>>> timofonic timofonic wrote:
So if KMS is so cool and provides many advantages over
On 21 March 2011 20:25, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:43 +
> timofonic timofonic wrote:
>> So if KMS is so cool and provides many advantages over fbdev and
>> such... Why isn't more widely used intead of still relying on fbdev?
>> Why still using fbdev emulation (that is
On 21 March 2011 20:25, Jesse Barnes jbar...@virtuousgeek.org wrote:
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:43 +
timofonic timofonic timofo...@gmail.com wrote:
So if KMS is so cool and provides many advantages over fbdev and
such... Why isn't more widely used intead of still relying on fbdev?
Why
On Monday 21 March 2011 20:34:38 Corbin Simpson wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Jesse Barnes
wrote:
> > On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:43 +
> >
> > timofonic timofonic wrote:
> >> So if KMS is so cool and provides many advantages over fbdev and
> >> such... Why isn't more widely used
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Alan Cox wrote:
>> ? 1) inertia: fbdev has been around a lot longer, and provides most of
>> ? what embedded devices need anyway
>> ? 2) feature set: why bother doing a full KMS driver if you're not
>> ? going to use any of the additional features it would provide
> 1) inertia: fbdev has been around a lot longer, and provides most of
> what embedded devices need anyway
> 2) feature set: why bother doing a full KMS driver if you're not
> going to use any of the additional features it would provide (output
> management, memory management, execution
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 20:25, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:43 +
> timofonic timofonic wrote:
>> So if KMS is so cool and provides many advantages over fbdev and
>> such... Why isn't more widely used intead of still relying on fbdev?
>> Why still using fbdev emulation
Hello.
I have some rants and questions about fbdev, KMS and graphics stuff to
Linux. I'm just a mere user and occasional system administrator (and
going to start computer programming soon), but I hope to be able to
understand this situation better.
So if KMS is so cool and provides many
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Ondrej Zary
wrote:
> On Monday 21 March 2011 20:34:38 Corbin Simpson wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Jesse Barnes
> wrote:
>> > On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:43 +
>> >
>> > timofonic timofonic wrote:
>> >> So if KMS is so cool and provides many
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 20:25, Jesse Barnes
> wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:43 +
>> timofonic timofonic wrote:
>>> So if KMS is so cool and provides many advantages over fbdev and
>>> such... Why isn't more widely used
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:20:08 +
Alan Cox wrote:
> > 1) inertia: fbdev has been around a lot longer, and provides most of
> > what embedded devices need anyway
> > 2) feature set: why bother doing a full KMS driver if you're not
> > going to use any of the additional features it would
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:34:38 -0700
Corbin Simpson wrote:
> Related: We are still missing basic userspace tools (kmsset, e.g.),
> some kind of direct KMS console (kmscon would work, if it existed),
> and an xf86-video-modesetting which compiles and works (this is
> actually possible now, with some
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:50:20 +0100
Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 20:25, Jesse Barnes
> wrote:
> > On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:43 +
> > timofonic timofonic wrote:
> >> So if KMS is so cool and provides many advantages over fbdev and
> >> such... Why isn't more widely
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Jesse Barnes
wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:43 +
> timofonic timofonic wrote:
>> So if KMS is so cool and provides many advantages over fbdev and
>> such... Why isn't more widely used intead of still relying on fbdev?
>> Why still using fbdev emulation
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:43 +
timofonic timofonic wrote:
> So if KMS is so cool and provides many advantages over fbdev and
> such... Why isn't more widely used intead of still relying on fbdev?
> Why still using fbdev emulation (that is partial and somewhat broken,
> it seems) instead using
On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:20:24 +0100
Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> As noone responded to my question in
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/dri-devel/msg08851.html
> (yes, it was a bit hidden in a thread), I'm asking it here again (and
> also on the Wayland
> mailing list).
>
> Basically I'm still
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:43 +
timofonic timofonic timofo...@gmail.com wrote:
So if KMS is so cool and provides many advantages over fbdev and
such... Why isn't more widely used intead of still relying on fbdev?
Why still using fbdev emulation (that is partial and somewhat broken,
it
Hello.
I have some rants and questions about fbdev, KMS and graphics stuff to
Linux. I'm just a mere user and occasional system administrator (and
going to start computer programming soon), but I hope to be able to
understand this situation better.
So if KMS is so cool and provides many
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Jesse Barnes jbar...@virtuousgeek.org wrote:
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:43 +
timofonic timofonic timofo...@gmail.com wrote:
So if KMS is so cool and provides many advantages over fbdev and
such... Why isn't more widely used intead of still relying on fbdev?
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 20:25, Jesse Barnes jbar...@virtuousgeek.org wrote:
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:43 +
timofonic timofonic timofo...@gmail.com wrote:
So if KMS is so cool and provides many advantages over fbdev and
such... Why isn't more widely used intead of still relying on fbdev?
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:50:20 +0100
Geert Uytterhoeven ge...@linux-m68k.org wrote:
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 20:25, Jesse Barnes jbar...@virtuousgeek.org wrote:
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:43 +
timofonic timofonic timofo...@gmail.com wrote:
So if KMS is so cool and provides many advantages
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:34:38 -0700
Corbin Simpson mostawesomed...@gmail.com wrote:
Related: We are still missing basic userspace tools (kmsset, e.g.),
some kind of direct KMS console (kmscon would work, if it existed),
and an xf86-video-modesetting which compiles and works (this is
actually
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
ge...@linux-m68k.org wrote:
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 20:25, Jesse Barnes jbar...@virtuousgeek.org wrote:
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:43 +
timofonic timofonic timofo...@gmail.com wrote:
So if KMS is so cool and provides many advantages over
1) inertia: fbdev has been around a lot longer, and provides most of
what embedded devices need anyway
2) feature set: why bother doing a full KMS driver if you're not
going to use any of the additional features it would provide (output
management, memory management, execution
On Monday 21 March 2011 20:34:38 Corbin Simpson wrote:
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Jesse Barnes jbar...@virtuousgeek.org
wrote:
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:43 +
timofonic timofonic timofo...@gmail.com wrote:
So if KMS is so cool and provides many advantages over fbdev and
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:20:08 +
Alan Cox a...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk wrote:
1) inertia: fbdev has been around a lot longer, and provides most of
what embedded devices need anyway
2) feature set: why bother doing a full KMS driver if you're not
going to use any of the additional
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Alan Cox a...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk wrote:
1) inertia: fbdev has been around a lot longer, and provides most of
what embedded devices need anyway
2) feature set: why bother doing a full KMS driver if you're not
going to use any of the additional features
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Ondrej Zary li...@rainbow-software.org wrote:
On Monday 21 March 2011 20:34:38 Corbin Simpson wrote:
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Jesse Barnes jbar...@virtuousgeek.org
wrote:
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:43 +
timofonic timofonic timofo...@gmail.com
As noone responded to my question in
http://www.spinics.net/lists/dri-devel/msg08851.html
(yes, it was a bit hidden in a thread), I'm asking it here again (and
also on the Wayland
mailing list).
Basically I'm still puzzled about this KMS thing. If the name "Kernel
Mode Setting"
covers it, then
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 6:20 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
wrote:
> As noone responded to my question in
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/dri-devel/msg08851.html
> (yes, it was a bit hidden in a thread), I'm asking it here again (and
> also on the Wayland
> mailing list).
>
> Basically I'm still puzzled
As noone responded to my question in
http://www.spinics.net/lists/dri-devel/msg08851.html
(yes, it was a bit hidden in a thread), I'm asking it here again (and
also on the Wayland
mailing list).
Basically I'm still puzzled about this KMS thing. If the name Kernel
Mode Setting
covers it, then how
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 6:20 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
ge...@linux-m68k.org wrote:
As noone responded to my question in
http://www.spinics.net/lists/dri-devel/msg08851.html
(yes, it was a bit hidden in a thread), I'm asking it here again (and
also on the Wayland
mailing list).
Basically I'm
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