Re: implementing vga16fb

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Suresh Chandra Mannava wrote:

I read that VESAfb is only for Intel(x86) platforms, has any body
implemented Vesafb on other platforms?

Vesafb relies on the BIOS setting up the video mode _before_ the kernel is
started.

Is vga16fb a CPU architecture dependent? Even though I didn't find any
architecture dependent sections in the code, Is there any code section
that to be modified in vga16fb.c?

I used vga16fb on PPC a while ago. Make sure the video RAM address in ISA
memory space is correct.

And lastly, we are testing this framebuffer on 2.6Mhz FPGA(0.16
Bogomips) with kernel 2.4.7. Are there any other methods (solutions) for
debugging framebuffer code with out using printk's?

I assume you mean `printk() on the frame buffer'.
printk() on a serial port?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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