Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 09:19:43 -0700 From: Eric Anholt <eric@anholt.net> To: Philip Paeps <philip@freebsd.org> Cc: ketracel <ketracel@internode.on.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: development of framebuffer driver hi res console Message-ID: <1211300383.93737.6.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20080520074611.GH97796@carrot.home.paeps.cx> References: <CBB7AFEE-3E22-4059-8E5E-341BA0B40338@internode.on.net> <20080520074611.GH97796@carrot.home.paeps.cx>
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--=-1bzsNkTFqPdAlk+qH9Rb Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 09:46 +0200, Philip Paeps wrote: > On 2008-05-16 19:15:19 (+0800), ketracel <ketracel@internode.on.net> wrot= e: > > Any FreeBSD developers out there working on a Framebuffer driver which > > provides modern high resolution modes (including widescreen) for the sy= stem > > console? >=20 > Not specifically working on a high-res framebuffer, but I'm working on > divorcing the framebuffer from syscons. Once that work is done, it shoul= d be > possible to write more "advanced" framebuffer drivers. And the graphics developers are already porting their drivers to the kernel to provide the framebuffer part. What it would take to port that to FreeBSD has been outlined elsewhere. --=20 Eric Anholt anholt@FreeBSD.org eric@anholt.net eric.anholt@intel.com --=-1bzsNkTFqPdAlk+qH9Rb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkgy+h8ACgkQHUdvYGzw6veX5QCdHVpUqNtbx7KPkf2ee1lilKBz yYUAn1rkH3xTH6i2r+KBZtBQkp3rkCwS =OXE0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-1bzsNkTFqPdAlk+qH9Rb--
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