Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Portrait display mode

[Otto W. <ott...@bl...>]

> I posted a patch under the thread titled "Console Rotation" 2 days ago.
> It should support rotation in 3 additional directions (90, 180 and 270
> degrees).  As far as fb-based apps, they have to do the rotation on

I should have looked more closely at the messages, "Console ..." misguided me.

> their own.  XFbdev in 4.2.0 already does that.
> 
When the fb drivers support rotation, XFbdev doesn't need rotation anymore.

> Doing this in 2.4 will be trickier because of absence of support for
> drawing primitives.  (The i810fb driver had console rotation for half a
> year now, though)
> 
Does this mean I have to use 2.5 to get rotation?

> If you are interested, try the patches (apply them in the order I
> mentioned).  http://i810fb.sourceforge.net/fb_rotate.tar.gz
> 
I'm currently using "aty128fb" but may be able to switch to "matroxfb". I'm also
considering buying card with an DVI plug (hopefully without fan :-( )

O. Wyss

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