[Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: new api example or docs ?

[James S. <jsi...@tr...>]

> Hello James.
>
> I did give a quick try at adapting pm3fb to the new api, but without
> much success.
>
> I did look at skeletonfb.c as you suggested (the one in the 2.5.29
> kernel) and after some work to make it build, it only gave me a segfault
> when inserting the module.

skeletonfb is meant for only a example. I never expected to work.

> Looking a bit more to into this, and comparing skeletonfb to both neofb
> and matroxfb, it seems to me that the skeletonfb that ships with the
> 2.5.29 kernel is severly outdated.

No skeletonfb is pretty much up to data. The driver to look at is the 3Dfx
driver. Its is the best new api driver.

> In this case, which driver would you suggest i look at ? And is there
> other documentation about the new api around.

Not yet.