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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[-- Attachment #1 --] 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> wrote: > > Any FreeBSD developers out there working on a Framebuffer driver which > > provides modern high resolution modes (including widescreen) for the system > > console? > > Not specifically working on a high-res framebuffer, but I'm working on > divorcing the framebuffer from syscons. Once that work is done, it should 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. -- Eric Anholt anholt@FreeBSD.org eric@anholt.net eric.anholt@intel.com [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkgy+h8ACgkQHUdvYGzw6veX5QCdHVpUqNtbx7KPkf2ee1lilKBz yYUAn1rkH3xTH6i2r+KBZtBQkp3rkCwS =OXE0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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