Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 13:19:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> To: Vladimir Grebenschikov <vova@fbsd.ru> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, delphij@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CALL FOR TESTERS] VESA High Resolution Console support from DragonFly Message-ID: <20050609131242.U42933@lexi.siliconlandmark.com> In-Reply-To: <1118304147.986.15.camel@localhost> References: <20050522112612.GA37841@frontfree.net> <1118222710.1505.6.camel@localhost> <20050608145511.D42933@lexi.siliconlandmark.com> <1118260623.966.3.camel@localhost> <20050608172021.W42933@lexi.siliconlandmark.com> <1118304147.986.15.camel@localhost>
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On Thu, 9 Jun 2005, Vladimir Grebenschikov wrote: > ? ??, 08/06/2005 ? 17:29 -0400, Andre Guibert de Bruet ?????: >> On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Vladimir Grebenschikov wrote: >>> ? ??, 08/06/2005 ? 14:56 -0400, Andre Guibert de Bruet ?????: >>>> On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Vladimir Grebenschikov wrote: >>>>> ? ??, 22/05/2005 ? 19:26 +0800, Xin LI ?????: >>>>>> >>>>>> I would like to solicit a test of the following patchset which is based >>>>>> on DragonFly's changes, against -CURRENT, to bring high resolution console >>>>>> support to FreeBSD. The current patchset can be considered as "BETA" and >>>>>> I would commit it if there is no complain about this patchset in the next >>>>>> week. >>>>> [ ... cut ... ] >>>>>> Please let me know if anything strange happens; While I have been running >>>>>> with the patch for a while, I would still be happy if you will report that >>>>>> it works :-) >>>>> >>>>> Tried fresh 6-CURRENT, all seems ok, but, >>>>> switching console to pixel-mode 1400x1050 screen takes about 1-2 sec, I >>>>> guess it is too much. (it happens in both cases >>>>> >>>>> Also, I had freezed box when switching from X to console some times. >>>> >>>> Let me guess... It's a laptop screen or an LCD panel? >>> >>> Yes, exactly, it is sony vzio z1. >>> >>> (II) RADEON(0): Panel ID string: Samsung LTN150P1-L02 >>> (II) RADEON(0): Panel Size from BIOS: 1400x1050 >>> (II) RADEON(0): BIOS provided dividers will be used. >> >> Most laptop LCDs and cheaper desktop panels take a while (The dreaded >> second or two) to switch resolutions. Try the patch with an external crt >> monitor plugged in and display mirroring enabled to see the difference for >> yourself (Or simply try it on a desktop with a radeon card and a crt). > > I have tried to switch from X or from pixel-mode console to usual text > mode console (80x25), and it does not pause in in this case. But it > pauses when switched back. Is it problem of hardware or our pixel-mode > console ? With the "normal" console, the drawing of the characters is left to the display device. In raster mode, we have to do the drawing. I see a very tiny delay on a CRT with the VESA console. Your display hardware is probably resetting itself as it enters a VESA display mode. Andy /* Andre Guibert de Bruet * 6f43 6564 7020 656f 2e74 4220 7469 6a20 */ /* Code poet / Sysadmin * 636f 656b 2e79 5320 7379 6461 696d 2e6e */ /* GSM: +1 734 846 8758 * 5520 494e 2058 6c73 7565 6874 002e 0000 */ /* WWW: siliconlandmark.com * Tormenting bytes since 1980. */
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