Hi,
quoted text
>> I changed a little bit the vfb module to be used as a frame buffer in
>> memory. I would like to use the mmap over the virtual framebuffer. I
>> added a few line:
>> I allocated the buffer using
>> videomemory=(void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL,
>> get_order(PAGE_ALIGN(videomemorysize)));
>>
>> and fixed the framebuffer info structure:
>>
>> vfb_fix.smem_start = virt_to_phys(videomemory);
>> vfb_fix.smem_len = videomemorysize;
>>
>> What is the virtual frame buffer meant for?
>
> For testing, and some uses it as a skeleton for another driver.

I want to use for debugging purpose in embedded system in emulation  
enviroment.
Regards Michael


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