From: Michal Januszewski uvesafb is an enhanced version of vesafb. It uses a userspace helper (v86d) to execute calls to the x86 Video BIOS functions. The driver is not limited to any specific arch and whether it works on a given arch or not depends on that arch being supported by the userspace daemon. It has been tested on x86_32 and x86_64. A single BIOS call is represented by an instance of the uvesafb_ktask structure. This structure contains a buffer, a completion struct and a uvesafb_task substructure, containing the values of the x86 registers, a flags field and a field indicating the length of the buffer. Whenever a BIOS call is made in the driver, uvesafb_exec() builds a message using the uvesafb_task substructure and the contents of the buffer. This message is then assigned a random ack number and sent to the userspace daemon using the connector interface. The message's sequence number is used as an index for the uvfb_tasks array, which provides a mapping from the messages coming from userspace to the in-kernel uvesafb_ktask structs. The userspace daemon performs the requested operation and sends a reply in the form of a uvesafb_task struct and, optionally, a buffer. The seq and ack numbers in the reply should be exactly the same as those in the request. Each message from userspace is processed by uvesafb_cn_callback() and after passing a few sanity checks leads to the completion of a BIOS call request. Signed-off-by: Michal Januszewski Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/video/Kconfig | 18 drivers/video/Makefile | 1 drivers/video/uvesafb.c | 2032 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/video/Kbuild | 2 include/video/uvesafb.h | 193 +++ 5 files changed, 2245 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/video/Kconfig~uvesafb-the-driver-core drivers/video/Kconfig --- a/drivers/video/Kconfig~uvesafb-the-driver-core +++ a/drivers/video/Kconfig @@ -591,6 +591,24 @@ config FB_TGA Say Y if you have one of those. +config FB_UVESA + tristate "Userspace VESA VGA graphics support" + depends on FB && CONNECTOR + select FB_CFB_FILLRECT + select FB_CFB_COPYAREA + select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT + select FB_MODE_HELPERS + help + This is the frame buffer driver for generic VBE 2.0 compliant + graphic cards. It can also take advantage of VBE 3.0 features, + such as refresh rate adjustment. + + This driver generally provides more features than vesafb but + requires a userspace helper application called 'v86d'. See + for more information. + + If unsure, say N. + config FB_VESA bool "VESA VGA graphics support" depends on (FB = y) && X86 diff -puN drivers/video/Makefile~uvesafb-the-driver-core drivers/video/Makefile --- a/drivers/video/Makefile~uvesafb-the-driver-core +++ a/drivers/video/Makefile @@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FB_XILINX) += xil obj-$(CONFIG_FB_OMAP) += omap/ # Platform or fallback drivers go here +obj-$(CONFIG_FB_UVESA) += uvesafb.o obj-$(CONFIG_FB_VESA) += vesafb.o obj-$(CONFIG_FB_IMAC) += imacfb.o obj-$(CONFIG_FB_VGA16) += vga16fb.o diff -puN /dev/null drivers/video/uvesafb.c --- /dev/null +++ a/drivers/video/uvesafb.c @@ -0,0 +1,2032 @@ +/* + * A framebuffer driver for VBE 2.0+ compliant video cards + * + * (c) 2007 Michal Januszewski + * Loosely based upon the vesafb driver. + * + */ +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include