[Libdlo] Current Code location?

[Matt Dorsch]

Thank you!

I'll try to get this on the libdlo HowTo this weekend, unless someone
would prefer I didn't.

Matt

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Alexander Todorov <atodorov at otb.bg> wrote:
> На 10.06.2011 15:37, Matt Dorsch написа:
>>
>> Alexander,
>>
>> Thank you for your response. I do have two follow questions however.
>>
>> 1. Where is the recommended X driver? Should I be using
>> http://git.plugable.com/webdav/xf-video-udlfb for that?
>>
>
> I personally use this:
> http://git.plugable.com/webdav/xf86-video-fbdev/
>
>
> IIRC xf-video-udlfb is a special X driver to work with udlfb. Then
> xf86-video-fbdev was introduced which was a fork of standard fbdev driver +
> damage support added.
>
> I think you should use xf86-video-fbdev but OTOH the directory liistings
> shows that xf-video-udlfb/ has also been updated around the same time as
> xf86-video-fbdev/.
>
> Moreover if your Xorg has support for the damage protocol/extension (not
> quite sure how it is implemented if at all) you should not need additional
> drivers.
>
>
>> 2. When you recommend using udlfb from kernel.org, you mean I should
>> use the one distributed with the kernel, assuming the kernel is
>>>
>>> =2.6.38? (I'm planning on updating the libdlo HowTo page, and I want
>>
>> to make sure I don't make things worse.)
>
>
> I will usually git clone the linux-next branch and take out the latest udlfb
> from there and compile as separate module. Depending on your kernel version
> it may or may not compile cleanly. See the patch for 2.6.32 at:
> http://otb-sources.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/pds/udlfb-kmod/
>
> --
> Alexander.
>