On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 05:00:07PM +0200, Roberto De Ioris wrote: > I am pleases to announce a new release of udlfb, the displaylink > linux framebuffer kernel module and of xf86-video-displaylink, the > relative xorg video driver. > > The all-in-one package can be downloaded from: > > http://projects.unbit.it/downloads/udlfb-0.2.3_and_xf86-video-displaylink-0.3.tar.gz > > These releases are officially sponsored by Unbit (http://unbit.it) and > special thanks go to Marvell (http://www.marvell.com/) for donating an > amazing Sheevaplug to test development on embedded devices. > > *** Changes in udlfb 0.2.3 *** > > - new ioctl (0xAD) to get edid data from device > - fallback mode (to 1280x1024) for monitor with unsupported resolutions
Wonderful, do you want me to merge these changes into the -staging driver that I'm about to send to Linus for the .31 kernel merge? > *** Changes in xf86-video-displaylink 0.3 *** > > - no more shadow framebuffer, the backing buffer of the framebuffer > kernel module is used for the same scope (saving a lot of precious ram) > - preliminary RandR support, all supported video modes are reported. > - dirty fix for the annoying "Cannot run in framebuffer mode." bug. Now > it is possibile to use displaylink devices with the other gfx card in > the system (in zaphod mode). In the README there is an example > configuration for three displaylink devices and one intel card (tested > on an eeeBox and a MacBook). Very cool stuff. > Now i will focus on patching the intel driver to add a virtual crtc for > every displaylink device in the system. This will allow to use the GPU > to draw (maybe accelerated) contents and send the output via the usb, > and to use a single big screen (the old Xinerama/MergedFB way). That's going to be the exciting thing to see have happen. Thanks so much for doing this work, it is much appreciated. greg k-h _______________________________________________ xorg-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
