xserver-kdrive, mouse, motion issues

[christopher reder]

On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 10:58 -0600, christopher reder wrote:
> All - 
> I have an embedded system running a AT91RM9200 with Kdrive 1.3.0 .  With
> it, we have a 16 bit framebuffer setup through linux running 2.6.21.  
> 
> When I use a mouse pointer and drag it along the screen, it will change
> the background color such that I can see the 'box' that it redraws for
> the mouse pointer and at the edges, it changes the value of the color
> behind it.  
> 
> I also have a program that has some motion with it where a golfer takes
> a swing,   The same phenomenon happens.  
> 
> I am trying to figure out if there is a way to force kdrive to access a
> routine in the framebuffer code for reads and writes so I can figure out
> what is messing up in the interaction with the framebuffer and the
> ARM9.  
> 
> Are there functions in the X library that do the mouse 'read modify
> write' and can I have access to them via the framebuffer code to see
> what may be going wrong (for example, trying to access as a 24 bit vs a
> 16 bit, bad mask, or anything else?)
> 
> Does anyone have a suggestion or a way to do this so I can debug it
> better/further?
> 
> Thanks
> Christopher
> 

Perhaps an easier question would be if anyone could tell me where the
read/modify/write is done for things like a mouse pointer and if it is
possible to force that read/modify/write to be executed through a
function in the kernel.

Thanks