Re: UVESAFB in kernel 2.6.24

2008-01-08 Thread Mark
> > To execute.. Quote from [1]: > > "add video=uvesafb:1024x768-32,mtrr:3,ywrap (or similar) to your > > kernel command line" > > Right, but how does that work if built-in static? Is it relying > on initialization order vs. initramfs unpacking to find its userspace > component? Is it just spinning

Re: UVESAFB in kernel 2.6.24

2008-01-08 Thread Bill Nottingham
Mark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > > AFAIK, we don't ship the tools for uvesafb, so it's a little late for > > it to be a successor. How does it execute them if it's built-in, anyway? > > uvesafb just got included in the 2.6.24 which isn't even final yet so > it's not 'late'.. more early than late.

Re: UVESAFB in kernel 2.6.24

2008-01-08 Thread Mark
2008/1/8, Bill Nottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > AFAIK, we don't ship the tools for uvesafb, so it's a little late for > it to be a successor. How does it execute them if it's built-in, anyway? > > Bill uvesafb just got included in the 2.6.24 which isn't even final yet so it's not 'late'.. more ea

Re: UVESAFB in kernel 2.6.24

2008-01-08 Thread Bill Nottingham
Mark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > > Why wouldn't it be a module like (most) other framebuffers? > > Well.. vesafb is also enabled with 'y' and because uvesafb is it's > successor it seems logical to me that it also gets enabled with 'y' > (not as a module but build in). Perhaps a good idea for fed

Re: UVESAFB in kernel 2.6.24

2008-01-08 Thread Chuck Ebbert
On 01/08/2008 09:30 AM, Mark wrote: > Hey, > > I just downloaded and installed the latest kernel rpm from koji [1] > but found out that uvesafb isn't enabled in the fedora kernels. Could > a kernel maintainer put the following value in the config-generc: > > CONFIG_FB_UVESA=y > > so that uvesafb

Re: UVESAFB in kernel 2.6.24

2008-01-08 Thread Mark
2008/1/8, Bill Nottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Mark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > > Hey, > > > > I just downloaded and installed the latest kernel rpm from koji [1] > > but found out that uvesafb isn't enabled in the fedora kernels. Could > > a kernel maintainer put the following value in the confi

Re: UVESAFB in kernel 2.6.24

2008-01-08 Thread Bill Nottingham
Mark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > Hey, > > I just downloaded and installed the latest kernel rpm from koji [1] > but found out that uvesafb isn't enabled in the fedora kernels. Could > a kernel maintainer put the following value in the config-generc: > > CONFIG_FB_UVESA=y > > so that uvesafb is

UVESAFB in kernel 2.6.24

2008-01-08 Thread Mark
Hey, I just downloaded and installed the latest kernel rpm from koji [1] but found out that uvesafb isn't enabled in the fedora kernels. Could a kernel maintainer put the following value in the config-generc: CONFIG_FB_UVESA=y so that uvesafb is enabled in the next build? more information about