Re: 2.6.65 + matrox framebuffer: life is good!

From: James Simmons (jsimmons@infradead.org)
Date: Tue Mar 25 2003 - 13:16:24 EST


> > Its for testing and it hasn't been fully ported over yet. Its close.
> > I was busy fixing higher level bugs but now that most are fixed I can work
> > on the matrox driver again.
>
> There are still some open problems (text mode, hardware cursor), and I missed
> something somewhere, as czech font works only on VT1 console with mga-2.5.65
> (on other VTs there is some font loaded, but character mapping looks broken).
> I have no idea whether it is my problem or James's...

I have tested font changing. It works.
 
> Probably worst problem currently is cursor code: it calls imgblit from interrupt
> context, and matroxfb's accelerated procedures are not ready to handle
> such thing (patch hooks cursor call much sooner for primary mga head).

Fixed now. Also I have a patch that properly fixes image.depth = 0 hack. I
will post for people to test. Folks please test the code.

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