Re: [linux-fbdev] Re: frame buffer device

Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 10:33:58 +0200 (CEST)

On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Joe wrote:
> Okay the question was not really about the stability, but more of
> inconsistancies in documentation and the kernel. Documentation says it is
> no longer in development but the device is only available if promp for
> development is selected.
>
> So the questinon was is the driver still in development or not? If not
> then shouln't the kernel config be modified? If it is still in develpment
> then the howto should be modified to reflect this.

The frame buffer device subsystem has been in active use on non-ia32
architectures for several years. Thus it's more or less stable ;-)

The `development' refers more to the individual drivers that can be used on
ia32: most of them are relatively new. Drivers that are used on other
architectures too, especially the m68k ones, are older and more stable.

> > On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Joe wrote:
> > > I was reading the documentation for the Linux kernel framebuffer
> > > device and it said "IMPORTANT: For 2.1.x kernels, go into the
> > > Code Maturity Level menu, and enable the prompt for development
> > > andor incomplete drivers. This is no longer necessary for the
> > > 2.2.x kernels."
> >
> > For x86 and Alpha, I would say that vesafb and matroxfb are pretty
> > stable, atyfb (ATI) mostly stable, but the others are either not stable
> > or simply don't support x86 platform.
> >
> > This is changing though ;-)
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > P.S. A good place to address further questions would be the fbdev
> > mailing list, linux-fbdev@vuser.vu.union.edu

Greetings,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium




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