Re: [PATCH 1/6] FB: Get the Geode GX frambuffer size from the BIOS
From: James Simmons <hidden>
Date: 2006-11-29 14:21:38
Acked-By: James Simmons <redacted> On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Jordan Crouse wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
From: Jordan Crouse <redacted> Use the Geode GX BIOS virtual registers to get the actual size of the framebuffer. Signed-off-by: Jordan Crouse <redacted> --- drivers/video/geode/display_gx.c | 15 ++++++++++++--- drivers/video/geode/display_gx.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)diff --git a/drivers/video/geode/display_gx.c b/drivers/video/geode/display_gx.c index 825c340..0245169 100644 --- a/drivers/video/geode/display_gx.c +++ b/drivers/video/geode/display_gx.c@@ -21,10 +21,19 @@ #include <asm/delay.h> #include "geodefb.h" #include "display_gx.h" -int gx_frame_buffer_size(void) +unsigned int gx_frame_buffer_size(void) { - /* Assuming 16 MiB. */ - return 16*1024*1024; + unsigned int val; + + /* FB size is reported by a virtual register */ + /* Virtual register class = 0x02 */ + /* VG_MEM_SIZE(512Kb units) = 0x00 */ + + outw(0xFC53, 0xAC1C); + outw(0x0200, 0xAC1C); + + val = (unsigned int)(inw(0xAC1E)) & 0xFFl; + return (val << 19); } int gx_line_delta(int xres, int bpp)diff --git a/drivers/video/geode/display_gx.h b/drivers/video/geode/display_gx.h index 86c6233..41e79f4 100644 --- a/drivers/video/geode/display_gx.h +++ b/drivers/video/geode/display_gx.h@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ #ifndef __DISPLAY_GX_H__ #define __DISPLAY_GX_H__ -int gx_frame_buffer_size(void); +unsigned int gx_frame_buffer_size(void); int gx_line_delta(int xres, int bpp); extern struct geode_dc_ops gx_dc_ops; -------------------------------------------------------------------------Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Linux-fbdev-devel mailing list Linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-fbdev-devel
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