Subject: Re: how to turn off display? (wsdisplay0 at vesafb0)
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/01/2006 13:40:02
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Hello,

On Aug 1, 2006, at 10:19, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> I don't know what is involved with getting DPMS support included with 
> the
> wsfb X driver.

This only adds knowledge of DPMS' different display power states.

>  I don't know if a generic "wsdisplay0 at vesafb0" knows  anything 
> about Display Power Management Signaling.

It doesn't, there are only ioctl()s to turn the display on and off.

> Does it make since to add DPMS support to the X11 wsfb (the wsdisplay
> framebuffer) driver?

Not really, at least not as long as wsdisplay doesn't know about DPMS 
power states.

have fun
Michael
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