> > I don't think the CRTC=fb_info makes much sense if the main use > > case is fbcon. fbcon will use a single fb device and so you can't see > > the console on multiple heads anyway which makes the whole thing > > somewhat pointless. And if you're trying to do something more complex > > you will be a lot better off bypassing fbdev altogether. > > > > I guess it's also possible that somebody would want the fbdev/fbcons > cover multiple screens. This is not particularly useful with fbcons > (although curses WMs exist) but might be somewhat useful for graphical > fbdev applications. I really can't see fbcon need that. > Multiple views of the kernel virtual consoles on different heads might > be nice toy but it's probably too hard to be worth trying. And there > are always applications like jfbterm which could be perhaps slightly > adapted to use one of the other devices instead of a vc. It already exist. I guess it is one of those best kept secrets. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fbdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
