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#4799 - 08/03/2000 17:47 Rewrite kernel /dev/display as framebuffer?
Verement journeyman Registered: 02/09/1999 Posts: 97 Loc: Boston, MA, US	How hard would it be to rewrite the empeg's /dev/display kernel driver to use the Linux framebuffer (/dev/fb) interface? I've been looking into this a bit but haven't yet come to any conclusion. This would be nice to have to make framebuffer apps port more easily. -v
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#4800 - 09/04/2001 10:43 Re: Rewrite kernel /dev/display as framebuffer? [Re: Verement]
bobo member Registered: 13/08/1999 Posts: 116	anybody did this now ? bobo
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#4801 - 09/04/2001 15:01 Re: Rewrite kernel /dev/display as framebuffer? [Re: Verement]
altman carpal tunnel Registered: 19/05/1999 Posts: 3457 Loc: Palo Alto, CA	We use standard linux fb (very minor tweaks only - like backlight stuff) on other projects we're working on. Moving to fb-style support is on the wishlist, though it most likely won't happen until we move to linux2.4 - post v1.1 release. Hugo
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#4802 - 09/04/2001 20:56 Re: Rewrite kernel /dev/display as framebuffer? [Re: altman]
drakino carpal tunnel Registered: 08/06/1999 Posts: 7868	Hmm, Hugo just leaked a feature from their upcomming mystery product. It will have a backlight /me can't wait for an empeg portable player :-)
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#4803 - 10/04/2001 01:39 Re: Rewrite kernel /dev/display as framebuffer? [Re: drakino]
Roger carpal tunnel Registered: 18/01/2000 Posts: 5683 Loc: London, UK	It's hardly a leak. See here. Roger - not necessarily speaking for empeg _________________________ -- roger
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#4804 - 10/04/2001 12:26 Re: Rewrite kernel /dev/display as framebuffer? [Re: Roger]
drakino carpal tunnel Registered: 08/06/1999 Posts: 7868	It's hardly a leak. See here. I saw that afterwords, but figured he was talking about the product that he was working on now, and not the existing and completed RioReciever. (Since Hugo managed to leak enough at the meet to indicate something is sitting on his workbench in prototype form :-)
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#4805 - 11/04/2001 01:07 Re: Rewrite kernel /dev/display as framebuffer? [Re: drakino]
Roger carpal tunnel Registered: 18/01/2000 Posts: 5683 Loc: London, UK	Oh, that. Yeah, that's got a backlight, too. Roger - not necessarily speaking for empeg _________________________ -- roger
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#4806 - 11/04/2001 23:16 Re: Rewrite kernel /dev/display as framebuffer? [Re: Roger]
time enthusiast Registered: 20/11/2000 Posts: 279 Loc: Pacific Northwest	Hmm. Backlight on the tuner module.... What could that be illuminating?!?
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#4807 - 12/04/2001 02:16 Re: Rewrite kernel /dev/display as framebuffer? [Re: time]
peter carpal tunnel Registered: 13/07/2000 Posts: 4180 Loc: Cambridge, England	Backlight on the tuner module.... What could that be illuminating?!? shrug Tuner modules end up in the back of the dashboard. Back...light. How simple do you want it? Peter
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#4808 - 14/04/2001 20:14 Re: Rewrite kernel /dev/display as framebuffer? [Re: altman]
Verement journeyman Registered: 02/09/1999 Posts: 97 Loc: Boston, MA, US	Wow, it only took a year and a month to get a reply. -v
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#4809 - 15/04/2001 00:48 Re: Rewrite kernel /dev/display as framebuffer? [Re: Verement]
bobo member Registered: 13/08/1999 Posts: 116	;-)
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