PS: I just build fbdev from /extras/sources on slackware dvd and it seems to work now.
[ 20.515] (**) FBDEV(0): claimed PCI slot 0@0:8:0 [ 20.515] (II) FBDEV(0): using default device [ 20.515] (==) FBDEV(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32 [ 20.515] (==) FBDEV(0): RGB weight 888 [ 20.515] (==) FBDEV(0): Default visual is TrueColor [ 20.515] (==) FBDEV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) [ 20.515] (II) FBDEV(0): hardware: hyperv_fb (video memory: 8192kB) On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 8:06 PM Adam Jackson <a...@redhat.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2019-02-25 at 18:33 +0300, IL Ka wrote: > > > I run Linux as Hyper-V guest. > > > > It seems that there is no DRI/DRM driver for Hyper-V videocard, but > > there is Framebuffer driver for it. > > > > So, I enabled framebuffer driver and my idea was to run XOrg using > > fbdev driver on top of it. > > But there is no such driver in modern Linux distros. > > Could have fooled me. I see fbdev driver builds in current versions of > Arch, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, and openSUSE. What distro are you using > that lacks it? > > > Question #1) Is it true that fbdev is deprecated and removed in > > favour of DRM/DRI? > > Generally people would prefer that new video drivers use the drm driver > infrastructure and not fbdev. In that sense fbdev is "deprecated", but > not "removed", it's still there and works as well as it ever did. > > > Can I still compile it by my self? Is it worth doing in my case? > > You can, but again, I bet your distro has it built already. > > - ajax > >
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