Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 May 2023 18:23:43 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6 1/6] fbdev/matrox: Remove trailing whitespaces | From | Helge Deller <> |
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On 5/11/23 15:10, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi Helge, > > On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 3:05 PM Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> wrote: >> On 5/11/23 09:55, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: >>> But the work I do within fbdev is mostly for improving DRM. >> >> Sure. >> >>> For the >>> other issues in this file, I don't think that matroxfb should even be >>> around any longer. Fbdev has been deprecated for a long time. But a >>> small number of drivers are still in use and we still need its >>> framebuffer console. So someone should either put significant effort >>> into maintaining fbdev, or it should be phased out. But neither is >>> happening. >> >> You're wrong. >> >> You don't mention that for most older machines DRM isn't an acceptable >> way to go due to it's limitations, e.g. it's low-speed due to missing >> 2D-acceleration for older cards and and it's incapability to change screen >> resolution at runtime (just to name two of the bigger limitations here). >> So, unless we somehow find a good way to move such drivers over to DRM >> (with a set of minimal 2D acceleration), they are still important. > > DRM can change resolution at runtime,
Right, sure.
> just not through the fbdev API.
... and sadly the simpledrm-based drivers neither.
> Or do you mean the resolution of the text console, akin to > "fbset <mode>"?
yes.
> I have to admit I do not know if there is a command > line tool to do that...
Helge
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