Re: FBDEV updates.

From: James Simmons
Date: Fri Aug 15 2003 - 17:38:05 EST



> > Is there an API (or lib) to use framebuffers devices without
> > worring about differents visuals?, to quering, setting or
> > disabling EDID support? will these drivers export sysfs
> > entries instead of control via ioctl's?
>
> I have some initial sysfs patches for the fb code that I've been sitting
> on in my trees. I was waiting for these patches to hit the mainline
> before bothering James and the rest of the world with them.
>
> But they don't export any of the ioctl stuff through the sysfs
> interface, but that would not be very hard to do at all if you want to.
> They just basically show the major/minor of the fb device, and point
> back to the proper place in the device tree where the fb device lives,
> which is all udev really needs right now.

Could you send me those patches :-)

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