Ingo Oeser wrote:
> Hi Antonio,
>
> On Friday, 9. June 2006 10:40, Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
>> 5. When fbcon is completely unbound from the console layer, fbcon will
>> also release (iow, decrement module reference counts to zero) all fbdev
>> drivers. In other words, a bind or unbind request from the console layer
>> will propagate down to the framebuffer drivers.
>>
>> 6. If fbcon is not bound to the console, it will ignore all notifier
>> events (except driver registration and unregistration) and all sysfs
>> requests.
>
> Wow!
>
> Now one can:
>
> - implement different framebuffer drivers for a chip.
> - try a stable and development version without rebooting,
> - have probing with user interaction ("if you see me please
> press enter else I will try the previous driver in 15 seconds.")
> instead of deciding on "failsafe" (vga/vesa) and "fast"
> (special driver) at boot.
Yes, all of the above are possible :-), and with our present user tools,
are currently very, very doable (at least in x86).
>
> I love it!
>
> Just the take_over_console() as alternative API looks strange.
It's not an alternative API, it's the default API and behavior. So, I
just can't remove it without breaking all console drivers.
Tony
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