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Date:      Mon, 09 Mar 2015 08:25:05 -0400
From:      Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
To:        Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org>
Cc:        Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Bruce Simpson <bms@fastmail.net>
Subject:   Re: Pluggable frame buffer devices
Message-ID:  <1425903905.4540.0.camel@hardenedbsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <54FB663B.9080803@selasky.org>
References:  <54E11A57.3030105@selasky.org> <1963872.pLReSBKNjx@shawnwebb-laptop> <54E6F060.2010301@selasky.org> <4020865.FJlWBPXrRZ@shawnwebb-laptop> <54E99CCE.5030401@selasky.org> <54FB663B.9080803@selasky.org>

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On Sat, 2015-03-07 at 21:57 +0100, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> Hi Shawn,
>=20
> I've just put some more pieces into the kernel.
>=20
> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/279752
> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/279753
>=20
> Can you give the current code a spin?
>=20
> To get X.org/X11 working simply create a config file under=20
> /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d which contains the device section given=
=20
> by "man xf86-video-scfb".
>=20
> Open issues:
>=20
> - Restoring the frame buffer does not always work. I looks like the=20
> restored text console size is 1x1 afterwards. At least there is no=20
> panic. And you can re-plug the UDL device again.
>=20
> - You need to unplug the UDL device before rebooting.
>=20
> - UDL device must be connected to a monitor before you plug it to USB,=
=20
> or you can load/unload the driver to re-probe the video format.
>=20
> --HPS

Sorry for the silence on my part. I've been quite busy. I hope to test
out the recent commits over the week and report back by Friday or
Saturday.

Thanks,

Shawn

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