linux-kernel - Re: Geode GX framebuffer driver: Arcom vs. AMD

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sun, 15 Jul 2007 04:31:34 +0800
From:	"Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Paprocki <andrew@...iboo.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse@....com>
Subject: Re: Geode GX framebuffer driver: Arcom vs. AMD

On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 15:01 -0400, Andrew Paprocki wrote:
> Is there any reason why the GPL framebuffer driver for the GX/GX1/LX
> directly from AMD is not integrated into the kernel and only a custom
> driver for only the GX/GX1 written by Arcom exists?
> (drivers/video/geode/*)
> 
> If you have an LX, the Arcom driver won't work and it is difficult to
> use AMD's patch for 2.6.11 with a more recent kernel because the
> drivers/video/geode directory has filename conflicts with files in the
> patch.
> 
> If there are no issues preventing its inclusion, would updated patches
> be accepted to switch to AMD's framebuffer driver? The AMD patches
> would need to be combined to support all three platforms in the driver
> dir, all sitting on top of the Cimarron HAL installed in lib/cimarron.
> 

There's a patch for the AMD Geode LX which I'm going to send for the -mm
tree soon. Its module name is lxfb.

Tony

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/