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>10. Using framebuffer devices on ARM platforms</H1
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>10.1. Netwinders</H2
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>For the Netwinders (which uses the ARM SA110 RISC chip -
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a lovely British processor), there are two versions of
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the Cyber2000 framebuffer driver - one for 2.0.x
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kernels and one for 2.2.x kernels. It is quite
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straightforward to enable and use this driver on both
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kernels, however, the older version is hardcoded for
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depth and resolution (blech), but the good news is that
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the newer version in the 2.2.x kernels is much more
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flexible, but currently in a state of flux as it is
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still in development. To get this up and running, your
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best bet is to read the documentation that comes with
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the ARM port of the kernel sources.</P
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>The Netwinders uses a VGA compatible chipset, but
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unfortunately noone has ported vgafb to it yet. That
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might happen if someone has some time on their
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hands. [I would do it if someone would give me a
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NetWinder to play with]</P
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>10.2. Acorn Archimedes</H2
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>Acorns have always had framebuffer support since
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the Linux 1.9.x days. However the Acornfb
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driver in 2.2.x is totally new since the
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generic framebuffer interface changed during
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the development of 2.1.x kernels (which, of
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course, became 2.2.x). As previously, it is a
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set depths and resolutions.</P
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>10.3. Other ARM ports (SA7710s et. al.)</H2
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>Surprisingly, there is even a framebuffer driver
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for the Psion 5 and the Geofox! I have been
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told that it displays the Penguin quite well.
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[Someone please donate me a Psion 5!]</P
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