On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 01:59:58PM +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 08:39:16 -0300
> > From: Crystal Kolipe <kolipe.c@exoticsilicon.com>
> > 
> > On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 12:14:36PM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> > > On 2025/06/13 03:20, Crystal Kolipe wrote:
> > > > I would be very surprised if anybody was actually using display rotation on
> > > > wscons.  The rotation code should probably be removed altogether.
> > > 
> > > This was used for Zaurus, IIRC. Not sure whether anything used it since.
> > 
> > Yes, it was originally only for Zaurus.
> > 
> > Later it was made configurable for other drivers, but looking at
> > sys/dev/pci/drm/files.drm it seems that only inteldrm currently enables
> > rasops_rotation.
> > 
> > I'm skeptical that it would be usable in practice because at least the
> > underline code only supports 16bpp and I've not seen a dmesg posted to any of
> > the lists in the last few years with inteldrm running at 16bpp.
> 
> Well, there are tablet-like laptops that have their panel mounted
> sideways.  I have one and rotating the framebuffer is the only way to
> use the machine without hurting my neck.

So just to confirm, you are actually using inteldrm with rotation on wscons?

Or is this just in X11?

If it's just in X11, the rotation code in wscons is doing nothing.