Re: [WIP PATCH 1/2] Split framebuffer from vbe

[Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Vladimir 'phcoder'
Serbinenko<address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello. Here is my first attempt on splitting video_fb.mod from
> vbe.mod. The idea was to make framebuffer code work with render_target
> without knowing what the real video mode is and let video-card
> specific code bother with things like double buffering and
> modesetting. Two loader: linux and xnu have to pass framebuffer
> address to their payload this is however problematic because in case
> of double buffering framebuffer address may change. The only idea of
> clean interface I see would be a function like
> grub_video_get_framebuffer_info_and_fini
> which will terminate the video driver thus ensuring that video mode
> (including framebuffer address) won't change. Does anyone has a better
> idea?
>
> --
> Regards
> Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
>



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Regards
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko

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