ioctl 0x7667 in Xpmac

[Tom Rini]

On Wed, 26 May 1999, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

> On Wed, 26 May 1999, Tom Rini wrote:
> > It's easy enough to do, but doesn't APUS have a framebuffer? (Currently
> > if you don't have a readable /dev/fb0, it assumes MkL and uses Xpmac.  A
> > more elegant fix would be to check machine type and use that to install
> > Xbh on PReP and ??? on APUS)
> 
> Hmmm... APUS does have a frame buffer, but it doesn't have the Pmac
> compatibility mode. Since lots of people are complaining, it looks like it does
> install Xpmac instead of XF68_FBDev on APUS.

Ok, now that is odd.  I assume when the installer is being run, it says
Name: Xpmac when doing the inital X setup?  The code that's failing would
seem to be:
+#ifdef __powerpc__
+    int i, fh, rc = 0;
+    const char * name = "/dev/fb0";
+    char *server_name = "XF68_FBDev";
+
+    if (!(fh = open(name, O_RDONLY)))
+       rc = 2; /* Failure */
+
+    if (!rc && ioctl(fh, FBIOGET_FSCREENINFO, &fix))
+       rc = 2; /* Failure */

Which means no frame buffer, and most likely MkL.  We should begin working
on the installer changes to support APUS in a day or two.  Mind sending me
privatly the emails of a few people that would wish to test things out?
(or would the linux-apus list be interested?  I could subscribe for a
little while.. :))

---
Tom Rini (TR1265)
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/


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