Re: Pluggable frame buffer devices

On Monday, March 09, 2015 08:25:05 AM Shawn Webb wrote:
> On Sat, 2015-03-07 at 21:57 +0100, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> > Hi Shawn,
> > 
> > I've just put some more pieces into the kernel.
> > 
> > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/279752
> > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/279753
> > 
> > Can you give the current code a spin?
> > 
> > To get X.org/X11 working simply create a config file under
> > /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d which contains the device section given
> > by "man xf86-video-scfb".
> > 
> > Open issues:
> > 
> > - Restoring the frame buffer does not always work. I looks like the
> > restored text console size is 1x1 afterwards. At least there is no
> > panic. And you can re-plug the UDL device again.
> > 
> > - You need to unplug the UDL device before rebooting.
> > 
> > - UDL device must be connected to a monitor before you plug it to USB,
> > or you can load/unload the driver to re-probe the video format.
> > 
> > --HPS
> 
> Sorry for the silence on my part. I've been quite busy. I hope to test
> out the recent commits over the week and report back by Friday or
> Saturday.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Shawn

Still no go. Xorg fails to even start. It doesn't even know that my 
DisplayLink device is plugged in (which it was even before boot). I'm getting 
USB timeout errors on that device only.

Thanks,

-- 
Shawn Webb
HardenedBSD

GPG Key ID:                0x6A84658F52456EEE
GPG Key Fingerprint: 2ABA B6BD EF6A F486 BE89  3D9E 6A84 658F 5245 6EEE