From: Sven Luther <hidden> Date: 2002-07-01 07:25:48
Hello, ...
I have compiled a 2.5.24 kernel and added the few things needed to make
the pm3fb work (basically, i had to patch Config.in and Config.help so i
could enable it in the configuration process).
Is there a reason why it was not enabled previously, or is it just
forgetting the these two files (which probably did not patch correctly
due to the Config.in and Config.help location and format change).
Anyway, it works fine (well as good as with the 2.4.x kernel), there
still is problem with the copying of the text console data at bootup,
but apart from that everything is fine.
Should i send over a patch for adding it to the Config.xxx files ?
Friendly,
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I have compiled a 2.5.24 kernel and added the few things needed to make
the pm3fb work (basically, i had to patch Config.in and Config.help so i
could enable it in the configuration process).
Could you send me the patch please ?
Is there a reason why it was not enabled previously, or is it just
forgetting the these two files (which probably did not patch correctly
due to the Config.in and Config.help location and format change).
I though the old-format drivers wouldn't work so I never bothered
submitting for inclusion.
Anyway, it works fine (well as good as with the 2.4.x kernel), there
still is problem with the copying of the text console data at bootup,
but apart from that everything is fine.
Should i send over a patch for adding it to the Config.xxx files ?
Please send me the patch, I'll submit them for inclusion
Thanks for the help,
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From: James Simmons <hidden> Date: 2002-07-01 16:59:24
quoted
still is problem with the copying of the text console data at bootup,
but apart from that everything is fine.
Should i send over a patch for adding it to the Config.xxx files ?
Please send me the patch, I'll submit them for inclusion
Good news. I already included Config.help and Config.in entries for the
PM3 driver. As a note please consider porting it over to the new fbgen
api. I'm going to removal the old fbgen code soon.
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Good news. I already included Config.help and Config.in entries for the
PM3 driver. As a note please consider porting it over to the new fbgen
api. I'm going to removal the old fbgen code soon.
It's on my TODO list, and has been for months.
But I still can't get 2.5.x to compile, much less work,
on my PPC box. So there's not much I can do ATM.
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From: Sven Luther <hidden> Date: 2002-07-02 06:23:48
On Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 09:57:49AM +0200, Romain Dolbeau wrote:
Sven Luther wrote:
quoted
I have compiled a 2.5.24 kernel and added the few things needed to make
the pm3fb work (basically, i had to patch Config.in and Config.help so i
could enable it in the configuration process).
Could you send me the patch please ?
Ok, but they are triviel (attached here ...)
quoted
Is there a reason why it was not enabled previously, or is it just
forgetting the these two files (which probably did not patch correctly
due to the Config.in and Config.help location and format change).
I though the old-format drivers wouldn't work so I never bothered
submitting for inclusion.
:)))
quoted
Anyway, it works fine (well as good as with the 2.4.x kernel), there
still is problem with the copying of the text console data at bootup,
but apart from that everything is fine.
Should i send over a patch for adding it to the Config.xxx files ?
Please send me the patch, I'll submit them for inclusion
From: Sven Luther <hidden> Date: 2002-07-02 06:26:23
On Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 09:59:16AM -0700, James Simmons wrote:
quoted
quoted
still is problem with the copying of the text console data at bootup,
but apart from that everything is fine.
Should i send over a patch for adding it to the Config.xxx files ?
Please send me the patch, I'll submit them for inclusion
Good news. I already included Config.help and Config.in entries for the
PM3 driver. As a note please consider porting it over to the new fbgen
nice :)))
api. I'm going to removal the old fbgen code soon.
how soon, and is there documentation or sample code for the changed api
?
BTW, i suppose now it will be easier to implement dual head with a dual
output board ?
Friendly,
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api. I'm going to removal the old fbgen code soon.
how soon, and is there documentation or sample code for the changed api
?
According from a recent message by James Simmons on LKML:
Note I removed the old fbgen stuff so some drivers are going to
break. Well with time running out I need to push ahead. Sorry but I have
to choose.
So pm3fb won't work anymore I guess (due to the ultimate brokenness
of linux on PowerPC I haven't yet ported pm3fb to the new API).
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From: Sven Luther <hidden> Date: 2002-07-02 12:31:38
On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 10:36:39AM +0200, Romain Dolbeau wrote:
Sven Luther wrote:
quoted
quoted
api. I'm going to removal the old fbgen code soon.
how soon, and is there documentation or sample code for the changed api
?
According from a recent message by James Simmons on LKML:
quoted
Note I removed the old fbgen stuff so some drivers are going to
break. Well with time running out I need to push ahead. Sorry but I have
to choose.
So pm3fb won't work anymore I guess (due to the ultimate brokenness
of linux on PowerPC I haven't yet ported pm3fb to the new API).
But it works fine right now on linus's 2.5.24, with the above sent
patch.
But it does need porting, i guess.
Friendly,
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From: James Simmons <hidden> Date: 2002-07-05 02:38:38
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api. I'm going to removal the old fbgen code soon.
how soon, and is there documentation or sample code for the changed api
?
In the next few days. Take a look at several drivers that have been ported
over. Plus take a look at skeletonfb.c. It details alot. If you have
furthur questions feel free to ask.
BTW, i suppose now it will be easier to implement dual head with a dual
output board ?
Yes :-) ON struct fb_info for each framebuffer and a struct xxx_par for
the hardware. In this case your xxx_par struct would be shared betweem
each struct fb_info.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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From: James Simmons <hidden> Date: 2002-07-05 02:40:42
So pm3fb won't work anymore I guess (due to the ultimate brokenness
of linux on PowerPC I haven't yet ported pm3fb to the new API).
Have you tried the BK ppc tree for 2.5.X? Dose it work? I noticed there
were some updates just a few hours ago.
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From: Sven Luther <hidden> Date: 2002-07-05 05:51:21
On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 07:38:27PM -0700, James Simmons wrote:
quoted
quoted
api. I'm going to removal the old fbgen code soon.
how soon, and is there documentation or sample code for the changed api
?
In the next few days. Take a look at several drivers that have been ported
over. Plus take a look at skeletonfb.c. It details alot. If you have
furthur questions feel free to ask.
Well, the only problem is that i don't have much time :(((
But i will have a look at it.
do i need to get the bk tree, or can i start working with the 2.5.24
linus tree i now have ?
Maybe there is a patch available somewhere ?
quoted
BTW, i suppose now it will be easier to implement dual head with a dual
output board ?
Yes :-) ON struct fb_info for each framebuffer and a struct xxx_par for
the hardware. In this case your xxx_par struct would be shared betweem
each struct fb_info.
:)))
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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So pm3fb won't work anymore I guess (due to the ultimate brokenness
of linux on PowerPC I haven't yet ported pm3fb to the new API).
Have you tried the BK ppc tree for 2.5.X? Dose it work? I noticed there
were some updates just a few hours ago.
My usual tree (BenH) has a 2.5 variant, locked a 2.5.8pre3...
I'm willing to try another one, but I'm still disapointed
that regular Linus kernel can't even compile main.c on PPC.
Just tried: all rsync access seems locked on 2.5.8pre3,
and of course debian doesn't have bitkeeper in packages.
And bitkeeper download site isn't really user-friendly
(guess the "let's register yourself before download"
attitude explain why it's not in debian, and not on my
system either).Xorsis (ppckernel.org) has nothing
beyond 2.4 ATM.
Well, I'm still waiting for an accessible, ppc-usable
2.5.[something big enough] before I can port pm3fb.
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From: James Simmons <hidden> Date: 2002-07-05 22:44:23
quoted
In the next few days. Take a look at several drivers that have been ported
over. Plus take a look at skeletonfb.c. It details alot. If you have
furthur questions feel free to ask.
Well, the only problem is that i don't have much time :(((
But i will have a look at it.
do i need to get the bk tree, or can i start working with the 2.5.24
linus tree i now have ?
You can use Linus tree now.
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On Fri, 2002-07-05 at 10:32, Romain Dolbeau wrote:
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Well, I'm still waiting for an accessible, ppc-usable
2.5.[something big enough] before I can port pm3fb.
For accessibility, try rsync source.mvista.com::linuxppc-2.5 .
It's the one I tried, last time I checked (around 2.5.23),
it was still in 2.5.8pre3 (i.e., w/o the new framebuffer layer).
Thanks for the tip anyway, I'll try it again, just in case.
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From: Michel Dänzer <hidden> Date: 2002-08-05 11:22:36
On Mon, 2002-08-05 at 13:16, Romain Dolbeau wrote:
Michel Dänzer wrote:
quoted
On Fri, 2002-07-05 at 10:32, Romain Dolbeau wrote:
quoted
Well, I'm still waiting for an accessible, ppc-usable
2.5.[something big enough] before I can port pm3fb.
For accessibility, try rsync source.mvista.com::linuxppc-2.5 .
It's the one I tried, last time I checked (around 2.5.23),
it was still in 2.5.8pre3 (i.e., w/o the new framebuffer layer).
It's at 2.5.30 now at least.
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Thanks, but this doesn't help: beside the not really
needed serial ports and floppy drive, the SCSI
drivers also don't compile. And this box has no
IDE channel.
It's better than it once was, but it still 2.4.x
only for me :-(
Thanks for the help,
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Thanks, but this doesn't help: beside the not really
needed serial ports and floppy drive, the SCSI
drivers also don't compile. And this box has no
IDE channel.
Good news: Only 53c94 doesn't compile, but MESH is OK,
and linux is on the internal bus (w/ MESH)
Bad news: arch/ppc/kernel/process.c doesn't compile.
So the conlusion stand: 2.4.x only for my box ATM
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