Sending from a mobile, pardon my terseness. ~ C. <div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 15, 2011 1:05 PM, "Alex Deucher" <<a href="mailto:alexdeucher@gmail.com">alexdeucher@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven > <<a href="mailto:geert@linux-m68k.org">geert@linux-m68k.org</a>> wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 19:52, Alex Deucher <<a href="mailto:alexdeucher@gmail.com">alexdeucher@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >>> While the DRM has historically targeted 3D acceleration, that is not a >>> requirement to use the DRM KMS modesetting API. The current fb API >>> has no concept of display controllers or connectors or overlays, etc. >>> To match it to modern hardware, it needs a major overhaul. Why create >>> a new modern fb interface that's largely the same as DRM KMS? What if >>> we just consider the KMS API as the new fb API? If there are any >>> inadequacies in the DRM KMS API we would be happy to work out any >>> changes. >> >> I admit I didn't look for it, but does there exist a sample DRM KMS driver >> for dumb frame buffer hardware with one fixed video mode? > > Not at the moment. However, there drivers for AMD, Intel, and nvidia > chips as well patches for a number of ARM SoCs that are in the process > of moving upstream. Also, Matt Turner wrote a KMS driver for 3D labs > glint hardware that is pretty simple (single display controller, > single DAC, etc.), however it hasn't been merged upstream yet. > <a href="http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code-2010-xorg/downloads/detail?name=Matt_Turner.tar.gz&can=2&q=">http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code-2010-xorg/downloads/detail?name=Matt_Turner.tar.gz&can=2&q=</a> > His kernel git tree was on <a href="http://kernel.org">kernel.org</a> so it's down at the moment, > hence the link to the tarball. > > Alex > _______________________________________________ > dri-devel mailing list > <a href="mailto:dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org">dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org</a> > <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel</a> </div>