Re: FrameBuffer

Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Fri, 12 Feb 1999 12:55:29 +0100 (CET)


On Fri, 12 Feb 1999 asethman@mandate-inc.com wrote:
> On 12 Feb 1999, Jes Sorensen wrote:
> > Because the S3 drivers currently in the kernel are _very_ limited in
> > functionality and relies on the booter (or previously run operating
> > system) to initialize the board first and will then only take over the
> > screen.
> >
> > Jes
> I have another question here....I know there is support for the CL543x
> chips in the kernel for m68k arch....is it possible to port this code to
> ix86 or would that be a no-go. Also what exactly would it take to port
> it(I'm up for hacking away at this thing ;)

People are already working on adding generic PCI probing to clgenfb.c, for
Linux/PPC. Extension to other PCI based platforms should be straightforward.

Greetings,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium

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