Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 0/13 v2] viafb: VIA Frame Buffer Device Driver

On Fri, 08 August 2008 [off-list ref] wrote:

Here comes the 13 updated patchs for VIA Frame Buffer Device Driver.
This driver could be used on VIA UniChrome (Pro) and Chrome9 family
chips. All the patches are based on linux kernel 2.6.27-rc2

Seems to work for me when compiled into kernel on Commell LE365D (Via
CX700) though I get two unwanted effects:
- boot logo does not show up, where it should appear I just get a
  square of colored pixels (2 colors: background and foreground grid)
- when blanking console colored text remains visible (e.g. green '*'
  characters emitted during Gentoo boot)
  Ideally the output/monitor should got into standby when console is
  blanking


The boot logo issue exists when patch is applied to 2.6.26.2 and
2.6.27-rc2-git4, for the console blanking it's only tested on 2.6.26.2
as 2.6.27-rc2-git4 panics while probing hard drives.

Framebuffer related kernel commandline options:
  video=viafb:viafb_mode=1280x1024,viafb_bpp=32,viafb_refresh=60


Suspend to RAM (S3) works with BIOS configured to reinitialize the
graphics at resume time, I have not yet checked without this option
being enabled in BIOS (though it probably won't work as there is no
suspend/resume callback in the patch-set).
Have not checked yet if DRI has support for CX700 and can do the
suspend/resume handling as the intel DRI can do.


As Krzysztof Helt I'm in favor of merging and ironing out remaining
issues with incremental patches

Bruno