Linux Framebuffer - revision history

Dank at 00:36, 4 July 2021

2021-07-04T00:36:04Z

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	* KernelTrap [http://kerneltrap.org/node/8242 article] on KMS (planning stage, 2007-05-17)		* KernelTrap [http://kerneltrap.org/node/8242 article] on KMS (planning stage, 2007-05-17)
	* Fedora Project [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/KernelModesetting wiki entry] on KMS		* Fedora Project [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/KernelModesetting wiki entry] on KMS

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Dank: /* GEM */

2009-07-24T09:40:56Z

GEM

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 Linux recombinator 2.6.29.1 #1 SMP Fri Apr 3 22:43:27 EDT 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
 [recombinator](0) $ </pre>
-It would seem that DRM must be loaded prior to intelfb (or both built into the kernel rather than as modules). Otherwise, you'll get an intelfb (as opposed to inteldrmfb), and it won't cooperate with X very well at all.
+It would seem that DRM must be loaded prior to intelfb (or both built into the kernel rather than as modules). Otherwise, you'll get an intelfb (as opposed to inteldrmfb), and it won't cooperate with X very well at all. From Linux 2.6.31-rc4's ChangeLog:<pre>commit 78af08d90b8f745044b1274430bc4bc6b2b27aca
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Dank at 05:21, 30 June 2009

2009-06-30T05:21:26Z

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	* [[Consoles]]		* [[Consoles]]
	* Kernel Newbies entry on 2.6.29's [http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_29#head-e1bab8dc862e3b477cc38d87e8ddc779a66509d1 Kernel Mode Setting]		* Kernel Newbies entry on 2.6.29's [http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_29#head-e1bab8dc862e3b477cc38d87e8ddc779a66509d1 Kernel Mode Setting]
			* KernelTrap [http://kerneltrap.org/node/8242 article] on KMS (planning stage, 2007-05-17)
			* Fedora Project [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/KernelModesetting wiki entry] on KMS

Dank at 17:27, 28 June 2009

2009-06-28T17:27:27Z

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	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Consoles]]		* [[Consoles]]
			* Kernel Newbies entry on 2.6.29's [http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_29#head-e1bab8dc862e3b477cc38d87e8ddc779a66509d1 Kernel Mode Setting]

Dank: /* GEM */

2009-04-12T01:17:34Z

GEM

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	[recombinator](0) $ </pre>		[recombinator](0) $ </pre>
			It would seem that DRM must be loaded prior to intelfb (or both built into the kernel rather than as modules). Otherwise, you'll get an intelfb (as opposed to inteldrmfb), and it won't cooperate with X very well at all.

	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Consoles]]		* [[Consoles]]

Dank: /* GEM */

2009-04-07T01:23:57Z

GEM

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	==GEM==		==GEM==
	[http://lwn.net/Articles/283798/ GEM], the Graphics Execution Manager present in recent X.org (requiring 2.6.29 for kernel support), takes over the framebuffer:		[http://lwn.net/Articles/283798/ GEM], the Graphics Execution Manager present in recent X.org (requiring 2.6.29 for kernel support), takes over the framebuffer (this is actually an effect of Kernel Mode Switching on Intel graphics hardware):
	<pre>[recombinator](0) $ fbset -i		<pre>[recombinator](0) $ fbset -i

Dank at 01:11, 7 April 2009

2009-04-07T01:11:57Z

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 intelfb: Changing the video mode is not supported.
 Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48</pre>
 ==See also==
 * [[Consoles]]

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2009-01-28T07:32:15Z

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Dank at 01:48, 26 November 2008

2008-11-26T01:48:57Z

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It would seem that the Intel framebuffer drivers do not (and will not?) support the i965. But...
<pre>[recombinator](0) $ fbset -i

mode "1024x768-60"
# D: 62.360 MHz, H: 47.530 kHz, V: 60.013 Hz
geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16
timings 16036 128 32 16 4 128 4
accel true
rgba 5/11,6/5,5/0,0/0
endmode

Frame buffer device information:
Name : Intel(R) 965G
Address : 0xd0000000
Size : 8122368
Type : PACKED PIXELS
Visual : TRUECOLOR
XPanStep : 8
YPanStep : 1
YWrapStep : 0
LineLength : 2048
MMIO Address: 0xe0300000
MMIO Size : 524288
Accelerator : Intel 830M/845G/85x/865G
[recombinator](0) $ uname -a
Linux recombinator 2.6.28-rc6 #1 SMP Sat Nov 22 01:55:26 EST 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[recombinator](0) $ </pre>

and, from dmesg:

<pre>
Linux agpgart interface v0.103
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel 965G Chipset
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 7676K stolen memory
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xd0000000
intelfb: Framebuffer driver for Intel(R) 830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G/915G/915GM/945G/945GM/945GME/965G/965GM chipsets
intelfb: Version 0.9.6
intelfb 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
intelfb: 00:02.0: Intel(R) 965G, aperture size 256MB, stolen memory 7932kB
intelfb: Non-CRT device is enabled ( DVO port B ). Disabling mode switching.
intelfb: Initial video mode is 1024x768-16@60.
intelfb: Changing the video mode is not supported.
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48</pre>

==See also==
* [[Consoles]]