On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:09:45AM +0200, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote: > On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 15:37:25 -0400 > Sean Bruno <sean_bruno_at_yahoo.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, 2013-10-26 at 22:32 +0300, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote: > > > On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:45:32 +0200 > > > dt71_at_gmx.com wrote: > > > > > > > Suppose that Newcons gets in quickly. I use a Radeon 9600 card. Will > > > > I see something useful on my screen (with KMS and the new Xorg and > > > > things like that), or will my screen be black? > > > > > > Yup, you will get normal virtual terminal, but a bit bigger than > > > 640x480. It is main reason why x11 team ask me to merge newcons ASAP. > > > Newcons can use framebuffer provided by DRM. > > > > > > Try it yourself. > > > > > > WBW > > > > > > So, I'm running NEW Xorg now and KMS with an NVidia card. What should I > > do to test this? What are the expected results? > > > > sean > > Spend several hours to try to bring nvidia unit in my laptop. But it is > "Optimus". It looks like working, but both output show same picture :))) > And this is right-side of desktop (if you run xorg) :) > So I can't answer your question yet. > Think we have to ask nvidia to share some info on how to call their KMS > inside kernel (not via /dev/card/dri node). Nvidia binary driver does not support KMS. Optimus is really not a full video adapter. Optimus chips (usually) do not have video outputs attached at all, GPU does only rendering into the aperture of the Intel GPU.
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