Subject: Re: wscons and multiple wsdisplays
To: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
From: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 05/18/2005 08:07:25
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Hello,

> > - attach /dev/fb* when appropriate ( SBus and UPA devices ), no
> > matter if we're console or not.
>=20
> In  the long run, we should make all wsdisplay drivers attach a
> /dev/fb*, and get rid of the PCI bus scan code in XFree86.

I couldn't agree more, the PCI code in XFree is just horrible. Might be
necessary on PCs but it makes things unnecessarily complicated for
everyone else.

> What you descibe is a secondary effect of the "console attaches late"
> model on sparc - other ports don't have it because they always force
> the right console device to be wsdisplay0 - simply by attaching it
> very early.

Well, at least on macppc that's different - only wsdisplay_cnattach is
called early ( can't attach a wsdisplay that early because there's
nothing to attach it to I guess ) and it does Horrible Things(tm) when
there's more than one of them. But Apple OF only initializes one display
anyway so that's not really a problem.

have fun
Michael

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