xf86-video-siliconmotion: added support for SM501 on PPC local bus

[Tiago Vignatti]

Hi,

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 01:10:23PM +0200, ext Marc Scherer wrote:
> I would like to contribute a patch for the xf86-video-siliconmotion driver but I am not sure if it is good enough to be included upstream. Appended
> is a patch based on version
> 97498c048c897e5753e61d3b4ab231025974d67c.
> 
> Most of the changes deal with endianess. I reversed all of the
> bit-fields, for example. I guess there must be a better way to do this,
> but I didn't find anything quickly.
> 
> Also, the support for PPC local bus should be a configure option.
> Since my knowledge of the autotools is rudimentary only, I didn't do it yet.
> 
> It would be very kind if someone could briefly check the patch. If the basic approach is ok, I would merge it with
> the current master branch and send the resulting patch to the list. If not ok any hints are appreciated.

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Cheers

        Tiago