Is VT sharing possbile with weston 1.8.0 with fbdev backend?

[Daniel Stone]

Hi,

On 27 October 2015 at 13:12, Vikas Patil <vikasmpatil at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know here if weston switches between VTs (Virtual Terminal)
> while starting weston using "fbdev" backend and GLA2D (Freescale specific
> renderer)? If yes then is there any way
> to stop switching between VTs and still star it successfully?
>
> I am using weston 1.8.0 on iMX platform with linux 3.14.28 (framebuffer
> console with logo, Virtual Terminal enabled).
>
> I used to do this with X11 using option called "sharedvt" (-sharevts: share
> VTs with another X server) to avoid the flicker/screen clear displayed due
> to without using this option.

The GAL2D backend is maintained completely separately by Freescale,
and has never been sent upstream. Unfortunately due to this (the hacks
in the code make it impossible to merge in its current form), we
cannot support the patches you have. Please get in touch with
Freescale and request support from them.

Alternately, there is support developing in Mesa for using the etnaviv
(Vivante 3D GPU) and imx-drm (Freescale 2D-ACE engine) open-source
drivers on i.MX6. If you are not able to get help from Vivante, this
could be a good option to pursue, as it has far better support.

Cheers,
Daniel