Re: [CALL FOR TESTERS] VESA High Resolution Console support from DragonFly

From: Vladimir Grebenschikov (vova_at_fbsd.ru)
Date: 06/10/05

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    To: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:27:41 +0400

    В ср, 08/06/2005 в 17:29 -0400, Andre Guibert de Bruet пишет:
    > On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Vladimir Grebenschikov wrote:
    > > ? ??, 08/06/2005 ? 14:56 -0400, Andre Guibert de Bruet ?????:
    > >> On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Vladimir Grebenschikov wrote:
    > >>> ? ??, 22/05/2005 ? 19:26 +0800, Xin LI ?????:
    > >>>>
    > >>>> I would like to solicit a test of the following patchset which is based
    > >>>> on DragonFly's changes, against -CURRENT, to bring high resolution console
    > >>>> support to FreeBSD. The current patchset can be considered as "BETA" and
    > >>>> I would commit it if there is no complain about this patchset in the next
    > >>>> week.
    > >>> [ ... cut ... ]
    > >>>> Please let me know if anything strange happens; While I have been running
    > >>>> with the patch for a while, I would still be happy if you will report that
    > >>>> it works :-)
    > >>>
    > >>> Tried fresh 6-CURRENT, all seems ok, but,
    > >>> switching console to pixel-mode 1400x1050 screen takes about 1-2 sec, I
    > >>> guess it is too much. (it happens in both cases
    > >>>
    > >>> Also, I had freezed box when switching from X to console some times.
    > >>
    > >> Let me guess... It's a laptop screen or an LCD panel?
    > >
    > > Yes, exactly, it is sony vzio z1.
    > >
    > > (II) RADEON(0): Panel ID string: Samsung LTN150P1-L02
    > > (II) RADEON(0): Panel Size from BIOS: 1400x1050
    > > (II) RADEON(0): BIOS provided dividers will be used.
    >
    > Most laptop LCDs and cheaper desktop panels take a while (The dreaded
    > second or two) to switch resolutions. Try the patch with an external crt
    > monitor plugged in and display mirroring enabled to see the difference for
    > yourself (Or simply try it on a desktop with a radeon card and a crt).

    I have got a maximum waiting for switching from X to console (X screen
    disappeared very quick) - about 10 secs, probably it related to some
    disk activity, can syscon pages be swapped ?

    > Andy
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Vladimir B. Grebenschikov
vova@fbsd.ru
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