Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: CHIPS drivers

[Tea A. <th...@vi...>]

On Tuesday 03 April 2001 18:03, Adrian Cox wrote:
> Jordan Crouse wrote:
> > Now what we need is a volunteer to help us get all this stuff merged
> > out.  No matter what we finally come up with, I don't think we should
> > let another kernel release go by
> > without some contributions.
>
> I've got a contract to support a machine with two 69030s supporting two
> monitors and two panels. I'm going to have to merge a lot of this code
> anyway over the next few weeks. So yes, I guess I'm volunteering.
>

Sounds good! 

I could offer some testing on a ct65554 and a ct69000 (intel boxes). 

ctfb0.50 is stable on my ct69000 (last versions not testet on the ct65554). 
Feel free to use the code as you like.

> What do people actually want the driver to do? Should we attempt to
> support the entire Chips/Asiliant range in one driver, or separate out
> the early IO based devices from the later memory mapped devices? I don't
> have access to the earlier devices, so I'll be fumbling in the dark with
> them unless somebody is prepared to mail me a card.
>

If there is no test posibility for old devices the question is already 
anwered.

Thomas