From: ben@trinity.fluff.org (Ben Dooks)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Announcing s3c64xx XWindows fbdrv w/ XAA+XVideo+HWcursor
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:09:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090924210958.GI31920@trinity.fluff.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200909241742.n8OHgLHr004520@chronolytics.com>
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 01:42:20PM -0400, David F. Carlson wrote:
>
> S3C6410 based Xwindows fbdev with
> o XAA accelerated fills, lines, expands, blits, offscreen pixmaps/stipples
> o Alpha-blended HWCursor
> o XVideo Support (using the Samsung Post-Processor colorspace driver)
> o Tested with the Maemo Mer kernel 2.6.24.7 because...
>
> This is not as off topic as it might seem...
>
> The XWindows subsystem needs help from the kernel in s3cfb "standards"
> (support MMIO interface) and configuration (how to configure per-screen
> offscreen memory), some scheme for accessing the Post-Processor and G2D
> graphics support. (And of course, gaining driver support for pp and g2d
> including suspend/resume.)
Are the necessary changes for the s3cfb postable to the list to start
the review process for them?
> This driver is pretty much hardcoded for s3c64xx. If kernel hooks for
> describing configuration this driver base could be expanded to
> support many s3c variants (with g2d and pp).
It would be good to get the discussion about these items going before
we get too much further down the development process.
> There is some discussion in the the README.
>
> http://chronolytics.com/mid/README
> http://chronolytics.com/mid/fbdev_xaa_pp_hwcurs.tgz
>
> Acknowledgements:
>
> The most excellent XAA base code was done by
> Matan Ziv-Av <matan@svgalib dot org>
>
> The original XVideo code was done by
> Jetta Tang <jetta.tang@hhcn dot com>
>
> The g2d and pp drivers upon which this code is based were provided by
> Samsung Semiconductor. Thanks.
>
> Time and Materials and Hosting
> Chronolytics Inc. Real-Time Embedded Software http://chronolytics.com
>
> David F. Carlson Chronolytics, Inc. Rochester, NY
> mailto:dave at chronolytics.com http://www.chronolytics.com
>
> "The faster I go, the behinder I get." --Lewis Carroll
>
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-24 17:42 Announcing s3c64xx XWindows fbdrv w/ XAA+XVideo+HWcursor David F. Carlson
2009-09-24 21:09 ` Ben Dooks [this message]
2009-09-25 12:47 ` David F. Carlson
2009-09-26 11:59 ` Ben Dooks
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2009-09-24 18:38 Maurus Cuelenaere
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