Re: [PATCH] vga: implements VGA arbitration on Linux

2009-08-24 Thread Jesse Barnes
On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:09:36 +0300 Tiago Vignatti wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 06:02:14PM +0200, Jesse Barnes wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:35:16 +0300 > > "Vignatti Tiago (Nokia-D/Helsinki)" > > wrote: > > > Okay, I can handle this documentation pretty easy. > > > > > > But honestly I

Re: [PATCH] vga: implements VGA arbitration on Linux

2009-08-16 Thread Tiago Vignatti
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 06:02:14PM +0200, Jesse Barnes wrote: > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:35:16 +0300 > "Vignatti Tiago (Nokia-D/Helsinki)" wrote: > > Okay, I can handle this documentation pretty easy. > > > > But honestly I'm not sure we (or some future developer) will use it. > > The header (incl

Re: [PATCH] vga: implements VGA arbitration on Linux

2009-08-12 Thread Jesse Barnes
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:24:37 -0700 "Vignatti Tiago (Nokia-D/Helsinki)" wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 08:48:08AM +0200, Benjamin Herrenschmidt > wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 16:17 -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote: > > > > > Ok, applied this to my linux-next branch, but I'd like to get > > > Ben's

Re: [PATCH] vga: implements VGA arbitration on Linux

2009-08-12 Thread Jesse Barnes
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:35:16 +0300 "Vignatti Tiago (Nokia-D/Helsinki)" wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 01:21:03AM +0200, Jesse Barnes wrote: > > Oh yeah, and we should get the documentation merged too. I can > > handle that or you can send it to Randy. Tiago? > > Okay, I can handle this docum

Re: [PATCH] vga: implements VGA arbitration on Linux

2009-08-12 Thread Vignatti Tiago (Nokia-D/Helsinki)
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 08:48:08AM +0200, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 16:17 -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote: > > > Ok, applied this to my linux-next branch, but I'd like to get Ben's > > s-o-b before pushing it to Linus. > > Well, S-O-B is if the code went through my hands...

Re: [PATCH] vga: implements VGA arbitration on Linux

2009-08-12 Thread Vignatti Tiago (Nokia-D/Helsinki)
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 01:21:03AM +0200, Jesse Barnes wrote: > Oh yeah, and we should get the documentation merged too. I can handle > that or you can send it to Randy. Tiago? Okay, I can handle this documentation pretty easy. But honestly I'm not sure we (or some future developer) will use i

Re: [PATCH] vga: implements VGA arbitration on Linux

2009-08-12 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 15:52 +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: > From: Tiago Vignatti > > Background: > Graphic devices are accessed through ranges in I/O or memory space. While most > modern devices allow relocation of such ranges, some "Legacy" VGA devices > implemented on PCI will typically have the sa

Re: [PATCH] vga: implements VGA arbitration on Linux

2009-08-12 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 16:17 -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote: > Ok, applied this to my linux-next branch, but I'd like to get Ben's > s-o-b before pushing it to Linus. Well, S-O-B is if the code went through my hands... though in this case I wrote the original version so I suppose it did :-) An ack for

Re: [PATCH] vga: implements VGA arbitration on Linux

2009-08-11 Thread Jesse Barnes
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:52:06 +1000 Dave Airlie wrote: > From: Tiago Vignatti > > Background: > Graphic devices are accessed through ranges in I/O or memory space. > While most modern devices allow relocation of such ranges, some > "Legacy" VGA devices implemented on PCI will typically have the

Re: [PATCH] vga: implements VGA arbitration on Linux

2009-08-11 Thread Jesse Barnes
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:17:46 -0700 Jesse Barnes wrote: > On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:52:06 +1000 > Dave Airlie wrote: > > > From: Tiago Vignatti > > > > Background: > > Graphic devices are accessed through ranges in I/O or memory space. > > While most modern devices allow relocation of such ranges

Re: [PATCH] vga: implements VGA arbitration on Linux

2009-08-11 Thread Pekka Paalanen
Hi, some minor comments below. On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:52:06 +1000 Dave Airlie wrote: > From: Tiago Vignatti > > Background: > Graphic devices are accessed through ranges in I/O or memory space. While most > modern devices allow relocation of such ranges, some "Legacy" VGA devices > implemente

[PATCH] vga: implements VGA arbitration on Linux

2009-08-10 Thread Dave Airlie
From: Tiago Vignatti Background: Graphic devices are accessed through ranges in I/O or memory space. While most modern devices allow relocation of such ranges, some "Legacy" VGA devices implemented on PCI will typically have the same "hard-decoded" addresses as they did on ISA. For more details s