[meta-intel] [PATCH 1/1] fri2-noemgd: use fbdev X driver

[Kamble, Nitin A]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hart, Darren
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 1:43 PM
> To: Kamble, Nitin A
> Cc: Zanussi, Tom; meta-intel at yoctoproject.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] fri2-noemgd: use fbdev X driver
> 
> On 02/05/2013 01:34 PM, nitin.a.kamble at intel.com wrote:
> > From: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com>
> >
> > The 'vesafb' X driver does not work for the FRI2 hardware. This is
> > because FRI2 does not have legacy BIOS support in the firmware. With
> > the 'fbdev' driver, X is able to start and display the graphical
> > screen at 800x600 resolution.
> 
> Note that this is only true for the FRI2 using the fastboot UEFI firmware.
> Most users will have this version, but the Kontron supplied firmware is PC
> BIOS and does indeed support VESA. That said, neither is particularly fast so
> one that works on both is preferably.


The fbdev should be better than vesa X driver anyway. 

> 
> Is there nothing that can be done about the 800x600 resolution?
> 
Somehow it is finding 800x600 as the only mode available.

> I would note the bit about the firmware versions in the commit log. 
Ok, I will mention about the firmware in the commit log.

> This is
> relevant as the README does document the usage of both types of
> firmware. Speaking of the README, I believe the VESA driver is mentioned in
> there and should also be updated with this patch.
There is no mention of the VESA driver in the README.  So there does not seem
any need of updating README for this.

> 
> --
> Darren
> 
> >
> > This fixes bug:
> > [YOCTO #3846]
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com>
> > ---
> >  meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2-noemgd.conf            |    2 +-
> >  .../xserver-xf86-config/fri2-noemgd/xorg.conf      |    2 +-
> >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2-noemgd.conf
> > b/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2-noemgd.conf
> > index cb94679..c546ba3 100644
> > --- a/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2-noemgd.conf
> > +++ b/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2-noemgd.conf
> > @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto = "3.4%"
> >
> >  XSERVER ?= "${XSERVER_IA32_BASE} \
> >             ${XSERVER_IA32_EXT} \
> > -           ${XSERVER_IA32_VESA} \
> > +           ${XSERVER_IA32_FBDEV} \
> >             "
> >
> >  # Syslinux does not know about the 64MHz uart clock and it does not
> > detect the diff --git
> > a/meta-fri2/recipes-graphics/xorg-xserver/xserver-xf86-config/fri2-noe
> > mgd/xorg.conf
> > b/meta-fri2/recipes-graphics/xorg-xserver/xserver-xf86-config/fri2-noe
> > mgd/xorg.conf
> > index da4fc3c..bda3535 100644
> > ---
> > a/meta-fri2/recipes-graphics/xorg-xserver/xserver-xf86-config/fri2-noe
> > mgd/xorg.conf
> > +++ b/meta-fri2/recipes-graphics/xorg-xserver/xserver-xf86-config/fri2
> > +++ -noemgd/xorg.conf
> > @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
> >  Section "Device"
> >      Identifier	"Generic VESA"
> > -    Driver	"vesa"
> > +    Driver	"fbdev"
> >  EndSection
> >
> >  Section "Monitor"
> >
> 
> --
> Darren Hart
> Intel Open Source Technology Center
> Yocto Project - Linux Kernel