[haiku-commits] Re: r34206 - in haiku/trunk: headers/private/kernel src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/graphics/vesa src/system/kernel/debug
- From: Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:09:21 +0100
On 2009-11-24 at 16:26:52 [+0100], axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Author: axeld
> Date: 2009-11-24 16:26:52 +0100 (Tue, 24 Nov 2009)
> New Revision: 34206
> Changeset: http://dev.haiku-os.org/changeset/34206/haiku
>
> Modified:
> haiku/trunk/headers/private/kernel/frame_buffer_console.h
> haiku/trunk/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/graphics/vesa/vesa.cpp
> haiku/trunk/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/graphics/vesa/vesa_private.h
> haiku/trunk/src/system/kernel/debug/frame_buffer_console.cpp
> Log:
> * The VESA driver now tries to find the PCI card that it is controlling by
> checking the physical frame buffer location.
> * This allows us to map the whole frame buffer at once, which means there
> is no
> need anymore to remap the memory on mode change.
I'm not particularly familiar with graphics cards. Does frame buffer mean the
whole graphics memory or only a part? I'm asking because there are cards with
2 GB of memory, which the driver won't be able to map.
CU, Ingo
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