From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: Changing modes with fbset Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 16:23:13 +0100 (MET) Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: <3FDBB97F.4070207@undead.cc> <20040106002822.GB442@guug.org> <1073349349.780.181.camel@gaston> <1073389131.25197.30.camel@thor.asgaard.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Adt3I-0005Nn-0y for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 06 Jan 2004 07:23:28 -0800 Received: from witte.sonytel.be ([80.88.33.193]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Adt3H-0000ni-F2 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 06 Jan 2004 07:23:27 -0800 In-Reply-To: <1073389131.25197.30.camel@thor.asgaard.local> Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset="iso-8859-1" To: Michel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E4nzer?= Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Otto Solares , James Simmons , Linux Fbdev development list On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Michel [ISO-8859-1] D=E4nzer wrote: > On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 01:35, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > Then, we probably want some way to also enable mirroring instead of > > dual head... > > Crazy idea: What would break if it defaulted to mirroring? :) You could > achieve true multihead via panning or something... Not that crazy! It would revert the current con2fbmap approach: instead of mapping virtua= l consoles to frame buffer devices, it would allow to map frame buffer devi= ces to a virtual console or to another frame buffer device... Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m6= 8k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. = But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like= that. -- Linus Torvalds ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click