Hi Vikas, On 27 October 2015 at 15:22, Vikas Patil Gmail <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your comment and suggestions. I will surely ask to freesacle > regarding it. > > I was thinking VTs sharing don't have dependencies on GAL2D. Is possible > could you point me the hack you mentioned so I can give try? > > Is VT sharing possible if I use GLES renderer with fbdev backend? > > I am trying splash screen and want to avoid flicker/screen clear. Using fb0 > for splash and fb1 for Weston.
Currently the VT code assumes that fbdev is being used for display; both GAL2D and the changes Freescale have made to the fbdev backend (the hacks I mentioned above), mean that we can't guarantee they won't break the core VT code. Cheers, Daniel > Thanks & Regards, > Vikash > ________________________________ > From: Daniel Stone > Sent: 10/27/2015 7:43 PM > To: Vikas Patil > Cc: wayland mailing list > Subject: Re: Is VT sharing possbile with weston 1.8.0 with fbdev backend? > > Hi, > > On 27 October 2015 at 13:12, Vikas Patil <[email protected]> wrote: >> Does anyone know here if weston switches between VTs (Virtual Terminal) >> while starting weston using "fbdev" backend and GLA2D (Freescale specific >> renderer)? If yes then is there any way >> to stop switching between VTs and still star it successfully? >> >> I am using weston 1.8.0 on iMX platform with linux 3.14.28 (framebuffer >> console with logo, Virtual Terminal enabled). >> >> I used to do this with X11 using option called "sharedvt" (-sharevts: >> share >> VTs with another X server) to avoid the flicker/screen clear displayed due >> to without using this option. > > The GAL2D backend is maintained completely separately by Freescale, > and has never been sent upstream. Unfortunately due to this (the hacks > in the code make it impossible to merge in its current form), we > cannot support the patches you have. Please get in touch with > Freescale and request support from them. > > Alternately, there is support developing in Mesa for using the etnaviv > (Vivante 3D GPU) and imx-drm (Freescale 2D-ACE engine) open-source > drivers on i.MX6. If you are not able to get help from Vivante, this > could be a good option to pursue, as it has far better support. > > Cheers, > Daniel _______________________________________________ wayland-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel
