Re: [linux-fbdev] New api again

[Geert U. <ge...@li...>]

On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, James Simmons wrote:
> > My problem, is that you will have to be synchronizing in a way that is common
> > between fbdev/whatever and X. under X i am planning to do 2D access directly
> > to the rasterizer chip, but use the gamma for DRI/3D.
> 
> For 2.5.X I plan to have it such that when you open /dev/fb that fbcon
> shuts down (replaced by dummycon). This way fbcon and DRI or whatever
> don't step on each others feet.

I've been thinking about this. Why switch back to dummycon? You can keep on
using fbcon, but disable rendering to the frame buffer. That way you don't have
to handle the transfer of the shadow screen from fbcon to dummycon and vice
versa.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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