Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jun 1999 10:33:58 +0200 (CEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: [linux-fbdev] Re: frame buffer device |
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On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Joe wrote: > Okay the question was not really about the stability, but more of > inconsistancies in documentation and the kernel. Documentation says it is > no longer in development but the device is only available if promp for > development is selected. > > So the questinon was is the driver still in development or not? If not > then shouln't the kernel config be modified? If it is still in develpment > then the howto should be modified to reflect this.
The frame buffer device subsystem has been in active use on non-ia32 architectures for several years. Thus it's more or less stable ;-)
The `development' refers more to the individual drivers that can be used on ia32: most of them are relatively new. Drivers that are used on other architectures too, especially the m68k ones, are older and more stable.
> > On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Joe wrote: > > > I was reading the documentation for the Linux kernel framebuffer > > > device and it said "IMPORTANT: For 2.1.x kernels, go into the > > > Code Maturity Level menu, and enable the prompt for development > > > andor incomplete drivers. This is no longer necessary for the > > > 2.2.x kernels." > > > > For x86 and Alpha, I would say that vesafb and matroxfb are pretty > > stable, atyfb (ATI) mostly stable, but the others are either not stable > > or simply don't support x86 platform. > > > > This is changing though ;-) > > > > Jeff > > > > P.S. A good place to address further questions would be the fbdev > > mailing list, linux-fbdev@vuser.vu.union.edu
Greetings,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/ Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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