Re: vfb module

[trimarchi]

Hi,
> > I changed a little bit the vfb module to be used as a frame buffer in
> > memory. I would like to use the mmap over the virtual framebuffer. I
> > added a few line:
> > I allocated the buffer using
> > videomemory=(void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL,
> > get_order(PAGE_ALIGN(videomemorysize)));
> >
> > and fixed the framebuffer info structure:
> >
> > vfb_fix.smem_start = virt_to_phys(videomemory);
> > vfb_fix.smem_len = videomemorysize;
> >
> > What is the virtual frame buffer meant for?
>
> For testing, and some uses it as a skeleton for another driver.

I want to use for debugging purpose in embedded system in emulation  
enviroment.
Regards Michael


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