From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751486AbWFWNZF (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:25:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751488AbWFWNZE (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:25:04 -0400 Received: from [212.33.161.28] ([212.33.161.28]:27402 "EHLO raad.intranet") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751486AbWFWNZD (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:25:03 -0400 From: Al Boldi To: "Antonino A. Daplas" Subject: Re: CONFIG_VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK crashes 2.6.17 Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:25:39 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200606211715.58773.a1426z@gawab.com> <200606222036.45081.a1426z@gawab.com> <449ADCB2.4000006@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <449ADCB2.4000006@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1256" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200606231625.39904.a1426z@gawab.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > (vgacon's screenbuffer is video RAM while the rest of the console drivers > have it in system RAM. But you can have vgacon and fbcon compiled at the > same time, for example, and this basically screws up the screen accessors, > especially in non-x86 archs.) > > So a revamp of vgacon may be necessary, by placing the screen buffer in > system RAM. This will entail a lot of work, so the revamp will take some > time. Thanks for looking into this. > > VIA has a separate driver, couldn't this be merged with mainline? > > Sure, as long as it's GPL-compatible, properly written, and correctly > Signed-off. Attached below is their license. Is it GPL-compatible? Thanks! -- Al --- /* * Copyright 1998-2006 VIA Technologies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * Copyright 2001-2006 S3 Graphics, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sub license, * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the * next paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions * of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL * THE AUTHOR(S) OR COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR * OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, * ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ (... and at the end of viafbdev.c it says this ...) #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE > KERNEL_VERSION(2,4,9) MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); #endif