From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nishant Kamat Subject: Opinions about YUV framebuffers Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 02:01:57 -0500 Message-ID: Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1E1fAg-0003oS-H1 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 00:02:10 -0700 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.206]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1E1fAe-0004s0-Bc for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 00:02:10 -0700 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i21so580064wra for ; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 00:01:57 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Hi experts, I'd like to solicit some opinions about using the fbdev API for a display controller that accepts data in YUV format. fbcon seems to be written to work only for RGB framebuffers. Is that correct? Would it require lot of change to make it work with YUV data? Can X be run on YUV framebuffers? Any comments would help! Thanks, Nishant ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf