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iamcreasy
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Project Wayfield – The JDK Wayland Desktop on Linu...
Thanks, but how does Linux kernel ensures that it can talk to all framebuffer devices out there? Does it come with a generic implementation that all GPU vendors support?
sannee
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There indeed is a standardized interface provided via EFI:
https://docs.kernel.org/fb/efifb.html
pjmlp
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Generic as in, as long as there is UEFI to talk to, good luck outside x86 ecosystem.
pjmlp
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Outside the old PC BIOS modes up to VESA, there isn't such thing as a generic implementation for all GPU vendors.
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