Re: [linux-fbdev] i2c and fbcon
Geert Uytterhoeven (geert@linux-m68k.org)
Tue, 28 Dec 1999 13:49:32 +0100 (CET)
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, James Simmons wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, James Simmons wrote:
> > > I have been looking threw the code for i2c. This code could be really
> > > useful for several framebuffer drivers to do things like dual heads. Right
> > > now you only have it initialized right before videodev_init. Could we have
> > > it initialzed before fbmem_init? I have a patch below for this. Thank you.
> >
> > Have you tested this for chicken-and-egg problems?
>
> At present no fbdev driver uses i2c. So it should be safe to move
> i2c_init_all ahead of fbmem_init without breaking anything. Petr is
> working on a dual head patch for the G400 which requires i2c. Right now it
> has to be compiled as a module for it to work because i2c is initialized
> after fbmem_init.
And we don't want that, because we need DDC and i2c to do PnP monitor detection
in the future.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} -- geert@linux-m68k.org
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/