Re: r128 driver still borked in XF4.0.1-9pre10
On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 10:38:22PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > Tom Rini wrote:
> > > 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?
You're still alowed to bang the hardware for graphics acceleration.
But you must not bang the hardware for mode programming when fbdev (in the
kernel) is active! That's why you must probe for /dev/fb* first.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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