From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268176AbUIKPok (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Sep 2004 11:44:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268169AbUIKPok (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Sep 2004 11:44:40 -0400 Received: from the-village.bc.nu ([81.2.110.252]:28595 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268176AbUIKPmg (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Sep 2004 11:42:36 -0400 Subject: Re: radeon-pre-2 From: Alan Cox To: adaplas@pol.net Cc: Dave Airlie , Michel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E4nzer?= , Jon Smirl , Felix =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=FChling?= , DRI Devel , lkml , Linus Torvalds In-Reply-To: <200409111720.38477.adaplas@hotpop.com> References: <1094873412.4838.49.camel@admin.tel.thor.asgaard.local> <200409111720.38477.adaplas@hotpop.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1094913600.21088.68.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 15:40:01 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sad, 2004-09-11 at 10:20, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > In theory, one can have a process (kernel or userland) change the video > mode, then provide the in-kernel driver with the necessary information > about the layout of the framebuffer. When this in-kernel driver gets the > necessary information, it can trigger fbcon. This in-kernel driver need not > know anything about the hardware (unless 2D acceleration is needed). Thats great because one of the things X wants to tell DRI to tell the kernel eventually is "by the way the area visible is laid out like this shoudl you want to panic on it". (Jon wants to move the mode setting out of X eventually and that follows the same line of requirement nicely).