From: Paul C. <pa...@en...> - 2006-03-16 00:36:14
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Gabriel Calin wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I=B4m planning to use a gumstix basix 200f in a project, with a osra= m=20 > pictiva display (128x64 4bpp) attached to it. I also plan to use=20 > nano-X to build a custom interface. I=B4m new in this embedded linux=20 > world and I wondered if you guys could give some advices about the=20 > possible problems I=B4ll have to face. I did some research and it seens= =20 > I=B4ll have to write my own low-level linux drivers to communicate to=20 > display in order to use nano-X. Has anyone done that? How=20 > "complicated" can it get? Yep I've done it and it's not complicated. You don't need to write any=20 drivers, just use a frame buffer. You need to set this up the kernel=20 first, then pass some parameters at boot time, then compile nano-X to=20 use a framebuffer. That's it. I've been planning to make a wiki entry=20 about this,.... but it's not really there yet. Hopefully I'll have=20 something in the next week or two. Cheers, Paul |