[PATCH 1/3] include: fb: Add definiton for window positioning structure

[tomi.valkeinen@ti.com (Tomi Valkeinen)]

On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 11:30 -0400, Ajay Kumar wrote:
> This patch adds a data structure definiton to hold framebuffer windows/planes.
> An ioctl number is also added to provide user access
> to change window position dynamically.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ajay Kumar <ajaykumar.rs@samsung.com>
> Signed-off-by: Banajit Goswami <banajit.g@samsung.com>
> Suggested-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/fb.h |    7 +++++++
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
> index 1d6836c..2141941 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fb.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fb.h
> @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
>  #define FBIOPUT_MODEINFO        0x4617
>  #define FBIOGET_DISPINFO        0x4618
>  #define FBIO_WAITFORVSYNC	_IOW('F', 0x20, __u32)
> +#define FBIOPOS_OVERLAY_WIN	_IOW('F', 0x21, struct fb_overlay_win_pos)
>  
>  #define FB_TYPE_PACKED_PIXELS		0	/* Packed Pixels	*/
>  #define FB_TYPE_PLANES			1	/* Non interleaved planes */
> @@ -366,6 +367,12 @@ struct fb_image {
>  	struct fb_cmap cmap;	/* color map info */
>  };
>  
> +/* Window overlaying */
> +struct fb_overlay_win_pos {
> +	__u32 win_pos_x;	/* x-offset from LCD(0,0) where window starts */
> +	__u32 win_pos_y;	/* y-offset from LCD(0,0) where window starts */
> +};

Shouldn't this also include the window size (in case scaling is
supported)?

This also won't work for setups where the same framebuffer is used by
multiple overlays. For example, this is the case on OMAP when the same
content is cloned to, say, LCD and TV, each of which is showing an
overlay.

 Tomi