Subject: Re: XF86 wsfb driver and wscons ioctl
To: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-x11
Date: 01/22/2005 09:37:09
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On Jan 18, 2005, at 8:03 AM, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:

> But I don't think it can be handled by dumb wsfb driver.
> Some wscons drivers already have {copy,erase}{cols,rows}()
> functions for wscons/rasopos with hardware support, so
> I just guess they could be easily used with the same API by dumb wsfb.

Perhaps add ioctls that map to the {copy,erase}{cols,rows}() methods of 
the kernel driver, and add a bitmask describing which of them are 
implemented?

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>


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