Subject: Re: arm board as a thin client
To: None <joff@embeddedARM.com>
From: Raphael Langerhorst <raphael@raphael.g-system.at>
List: port-arm
Date: 12/06/2006 09:51:20
Am 7.8.2006 schrieb "Jesse Off" <joff@embeddedARM.com>:

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>On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, Raphael Langerhorst wrote:
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>> I had a look at the video card, it only supports 640x480, right? But the v=
ideo
>> on the TS-7300 "could" also do 1024x768? Is there a technical difference.
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>Both cards use the same FPGA video core.  Only differences would be in
>frame buffer and bit blit register addresses.
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>> And does NetBSD support the TS-7KV on the TS-7200 board?
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>Not yet.
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>> Does X11 need wscons? If not, would it be possible to simply start X11 on
>> startup and use this (with NetBSD).
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>I'm not sure.  It would be possible to create X11 support for this
>"chipset" and take advantage of 8MB video memory and bitblts, but this
>hasn't been done or started yet.
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>> Is there an FPGA load available/planned/... that makes such video modes
>> possible?
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>Nothing planned yet for this in the general product, but we may end up
>doing this for a customer that is commissioning us to do some custom FPGA
>programming for his application yet this summer.
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>> What video modes are possible with the pre-installed Linux?
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>640x480 16bpp only.  We have also done a custom FPGA bitstream for a
>customer's QVGA (320x240) LCD.
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>//Jesse Off
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