Re: r128 driver still borked in XF4.0.1-9pre10
On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 10:38:22PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> Tom Rini wrote:
>
> > I didn't know they were needed for the "fbdev" driver.
>
> Omitting it is a nice way to kill your machine if the graphics chips is a PCI
> device...
Are you sure? On my G4 I swear I got an older version working w/ just Driver
"fbdev".
>
> > BTW, what would be really nice for the fbdev driver is an option to specify
> > the fbX to use. That way you can have >1 fbdev driver and have multihead
> > more easily.
>
> There already is, Option "fbdev".
Option "fbdev" "/dev/fbX" ? This doesn't need a BusID as well, then, right?
> > > People might argue you may want to hit the hardware directly even when
> > > using fbdevs, but correct behavior of that combination is not guaranteed
> > > anyway.
> >
> > Right. What options are you allowed to use w/ fbdev that might bang the
> > hardware directly? (not the UseFBDev stuff..).
>
> I don't understand what you mean, please elaborate.
Well, I'm only guessing what Geert ment, but when using the fbdev X driver,
how can you bang the hardware directly?
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