Miklos Vajna: > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 10:05:49PM +0200, Daniel Exner <[email protected]> wrote: > > If I compile intelfb KMS directly into kernel and use "i915.modeset=1" in > > grub commandline I get correct KMS, too. > > So I guess the "enable by default" could be disabled. :) > > What is the config option you are talking about? I only see a single > CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS option, with the (confusing) title "enable it by > default". So the switch is just about enabling or disabling it by > default, but the support is always enabled? Or have I mistaken > something? No, your absolutely right. KMS is always available if you use inteldrm. You need "modeset=1" to enable it normaly, this switch will enable it by default.
> > I guess its possible to tell the kernel to switch console to inteldrmfb > > as soon as it gets available but I've no idea how and if this would work > > with splashy. > > Splashy uses directfb, so as long as directfb supports inteldrmfb, it's > fine. Though I'm not sure the later is true. I guess its ok if it doesn't wok, as long as it does if I don't pass "i915.modeset=1" :) Greetings Daniel "DeX" Exner _______________________________________________ Frugalware-devel mailing list [email protected] http://frugalware.org/mailman/listinfo/frugalware-devel
