[PATCH v2 1/1] ARM: imx: add gpu device

[s.hauer@pengutronix.de (Sascha Hauer)]

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 09:52:53AM +0200, Arnaud Patard wrote:
> Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de> writes:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 02:05:28PM +0800, Richard Zhao wrote:
> >> From: Richard Zhao <richard.zhao@linaro.org>
> >> 
> >> Add mxc_gpu devices for imx35/50/51/53, so external gpu driver module built
> >> for the kernel can work.
> >
> > Why do we need this? I have never seen a driver for this.
> >
> 
> From the subject, I guess it's a patch to declare the device used by the
> driver for the AMD z160 gpu found on theses imx SoCs. iirc, this driver by
> itself is GPL but relies on closed-source userspace stuff, that's imho why
> you didn't see a driver for it. I think you can find it in fsl tree
> inside drivers/mxc/ directory.

I should have been more specific. My open-source eyes have never seen a
driver for this. That's why we shouldn't add support code for this into
mainline.

Sascha

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