xen pvfb: Dynamic mode support (screen resizing)
authorMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Mon, 26 May 2008 22:31:11 +0000 (23:31 +0100)
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tue, 27 May 2008 08:11:36 +0000 (10:11 +0200)
The pvfb backend indicates dynamic mode support by creating node
feature_resize with a non-zero value in its xenstore directory.
xen-fbfront sends a resize notification event on mode change.  Fully
backwards compatible both ways.

Framebuffer size and initial resolution can be controlled through
kernel parameter xen_fbfront.video.  The backend enforces a separate
size limit, which it advertises in node videoram in its xenstore
directory.

xen-kbdfront gets the maximum screen resolution from nodes width and
height in the backend's xenstore directory instead of hardcoding it.

Additional goodie: support for larger framebuffers (512M on a 64-bit
system with 4K pages).

Changing the number of bits per pixels dynamically is not supported,
yet.

Ported from
http://xenbits.xensource.com/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg?rev/92f7b3144f41
http://xenbits.xensource.com/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg?rev/bfc040135633

Signed-off-by: Pat Campbell <plc@novell.com>
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

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