Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:42:48 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] GPU device layer patchset (00/07) |
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Hi!
> >Where can I find more info on why this might be nice? > >Or simply more info on what this actually does for me? > > It does nothing for you yet, it is just step one for getting the DRM and > framebuffer drivers to co-exist in the driver model world, with the next > step being allowing a channel of communication between the two layers with > a view that later I can ask the DRM to disable fbdev or pass info to it.. > > Why do we not want fbdev and DRM in one driver? as it would break way too > many existing systems.. > > It also allows DRM to get called at suspend/resume time.
Looks good to me. I guess I should get DRM working...
I actually tried a bit, and got some reasonably-recent Xserver here, but now I get
root@amd:/home/pavel# glxinfo name of display: :0.0
ERROR! sizeof(I830DRIRec) does not match passed size from device driver libGL warning: 3D driver returned no fbconfigs. libGL error: InitDriver failed libGL error: reverting to (slow) indirect rendering display: :0 screen: 0 direct rendering: No server glx vendor string: SGI server glx version string: 1.2 server glx extensions:
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