Leapster Explorer Framebuffer Driver - Revision history

Peter Huewe: ac

2011-10-27T10:00:46Z

2010-11-04T15:17:06Z

‎Building the Framebuffer Driver

2010-08-04T04:37:01Z

‎Where to go from here

2010-07-23T02:21:30Z

‎Overview

2010-07-23T01:56:05Z

‎Building the Framebuffer Driver

2010-07-23T01:47:26Z

2010-07-23T01:45:18Z

2010-07-23T01:41:31Z

‎Overview

2010-07-23T01:40:32Z

‎Overview

2010-07-23T01:39:34Z

‎Building the Framebuffer Driver

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:00, 27 October 2011
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	Many thanks to zucchini for his valuable help and input, as well as to Claude, GrizzlyAdams, jburks, jkent, losinggeneration, MostAwesomeDude, NullMoogleCable, PhilKll, prpplague, ReggieUK, and everyone on #Didj (irc.freenode.org).		Many thanks to zucchini for his valuable help and input, as well as to Claude, GrizzlyAdams, jburks, jkent, losinggeneration, MostAwesomeDude, NullMoogleCable, PhilKll, prpplague, ReggieUK, and everyone on #Didj (irc.freenode.org).
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		+	[[Category:Leapster Explorer]]

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 To enable the fb driver to register, and to remove error-causing references to LCD backlighting, apply the following patches.
-[[file:Core.c.diff]]
+[[file:Core.c.diff]] (this one not needed when building LF-Linux-8291-20101026-1425 kernel)
 [[file:Lf1000-keypad.c.diff]]

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 * [[Didj_and_Explorer_libSDL|Build and install libSDL]]
 ==Acknowledgments==
 Many thanks to zucchini for his valuable help and input, as well as to Claude, GrizzlyAdams, jburks, jkent, losinggeneration, MostAwesomeDude, NullMoogleCable, PhilKll, prpplague, ReggieUK, and everyone on #Didj (irc.freenode.org).

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 They involve modifications to the kernel's configuration file to enable the framebuffer (and disable the existing DPC and MLC drivers), minor patches to a few of the existing kernel files,
 and the replacement of the new kernel's lf1000fb framebuffer driver with a working modified version.
 ==Prerequisites==

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:56, 23 July 2010
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	[[file:Lf1000-keypad.c.diff]]		[[file:Lf1000-keypad.c.diff]]

		+	<code>
		+	# patch arch/arm/mach-lf1000/core.c < Core.c.diff
		+	# patch drivers/input/keyboard/lf1000-keypad.c < Lf1000-keypad.c.diff
		+	</code>

	3.Grab the lf1000fb driver from the [http://github.com/nirvous/lf1000fb github repository].		3.Grab the lf1000fb driver from the [http://github.com/nirvous/lf1000fb github repository].

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:47, 23 July 2010
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	* [[Didj_and_Explorer_libSDL\|Build and install libSDL]]		* [[Didj_and_Explorer_libSDL\|Build and install libSDL]]
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		+	==Acknowledgments==
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		+	Many thanks to zucchini for his valuable help and input, as well as to Claude, GrizzlyAdams, jburks, jkent, losinggeneration, MostAwesomeDude, NullMoogleCable, PhilKll, prpplague, ReggieUK, and everyone on #Didj (irc.freenode.org).

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:45, 23 July 2010
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		+	[[image:LX-FB-example.jpg\|right\|350px\|thumb\|]]
	==Overview==		==Overview==
	These the steps to enable the Linux framebuffer for '''both Didj and Explorer''' on the updated Explorer kernel (2.6.31).		These the steps to enable the Linux framebuffer for '''both Didj and Explorer''' on the updated Explorer kernel (2.6.31).

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 They involve modifications to the kernel's configuration file to enable the framebuffer (and disable the existing DPC and MLC drivers), minor patches to a few of the existing kernel files,
-and the modification of the new kernel's (broken) lf1000fb framebuffer driver.
+and the replacement of the new kernel's (broken) lf1000fb framebuffer driver with a modified version.
 ==Prerequisites==

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 .Compile the kernel.
+<code>
 .Transfer the kernel to your device.
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 * [[Leapster_Explorer:_USB_Boot|To transfer kernels to Explorer via USB]]
-.Check to see that the lf1000fb driver loaded by
+.On the device, check to see that the lf1000fb driver loaded by
 <code>
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 </code>
-.Look for /dev/fb0.
+.On the device, Look for /dev/fb0.
 <code>
   ls /dev/fb*
 </code>
-.If it is not present, create the framebuffer device.
+.If it is not present on the device, create the framebuffer device entry.
 <code>