From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
To: Andre Heider <a.heider@gmail.com>
Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] simple framebuffer driver with RPi support
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 01:51:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131025235132.GD30088@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131025075651.GA86782@gmail.com>
On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 09:56:51AM +0200, Andre Heider wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 10:23:40PM +0200, Andre Heider wrote:
> > This set adds a common simple framebuffer driver for platforms which choose
> > to support it. RPi support is part of this set.
> >
> > The driver serves two functions:
> > * a framebuffer driver for barebox
> > * pass an active framebuffer configuration to a loaded kernel
>
> Pondering over this again, this is probably the wrong approach. There's
> no need for a distinct simplefb driver for barebox, bcm2835 can have its own
> fb driver like everyone else,
Right,
> and the simplefb configuration for the
> kernel can be done independent of the fb barebox driver in use...
Yes.
I think we should have an option whether a framebuffer should be kept
enabled when starting a kernel. If yes, then we have to resever the
memory for the framebuffer and create the simplefb node. If not, we have
to disable the framebuffer.
Sascha
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-24 20:23 [PATCH 0/6] simple framebuffer driver with RPi support Andre Heider
2013-10-24 20:23 ` [PATCH 1/6] fb: add a stride value to struct fb_info Andre Heider
2013-10-25 10:58 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2013-10-25 11:51 ` Andre Heider
2013-10-25 23:04 ` Sascha Hauer
2013-10-24 20:23 ` [PATCH 2/6] gui: convert graphic utils to respect the stride value Andre Heider
2013-10-24 20:23 ` [PATCH 3/6] gui: convert the bmp renderer " Andre Heider
2013-10-24 20:23 ` [PATCH 4/6] video: add a simple framebuffer driver Andre Heider
2013-10-24 20:23 ` [PATCH 5/6] ARM: bcm2835: add missing mbox overscan response field Andre Heider
2013-10-24 20:23 ` [PATCH 6/6] ARM: rpi: add support for simplefb Andre Heider
2013-10-25 7:56 ` [PATCH 0/6] simple framebuffer driver with RPi support Andre Heider
2013-10-25 23:51 ` Sascha Hauer [this message]
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