From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: thierry.reding@gmail.com (Thierry Reding) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 09:52:49 +0200 Subject: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH 4/4] simplefb: add clock handling code In-Reply-To: <20140825150900.GB21020@skynet.be> References: <53EB9471.3090204@wwwdotorg.org> <20140813170106.GT15297@lukather> <20140825121228.GB4163@ulmo.nvidia.com> <20140825124410.GZ15297@lukather> <20140825133953.GJ4163@ulmo.nvidia.com> <53FB3E7F.4000503@redhat.com> <20140825141600.GA14763@ulmo.nvidia.com> <20140825145854.GA15297@lukather> <20140825150501.GE14763@ulmo.nvidia.com> <20140825150900.GB21020@skynet.be> Message-ID: <20140826075247.GC17263@ulmo> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 05:09:00PM +0200, Luc Verhaegen wrote: > On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 05:05:04PM +0200, Thierry Reding wrote: > > > > No. simplefb just wants to write to some memory that hardware has been > > set up to scan out. The platform requires that the clocks be on. > > Simplefb also requires that the memory is there and is persistent. Fine > for discrete graphics cards, fine for rpi where most things are hidden > from the ARM core anyway, not so fine for anybody else. I don't understand. This patch series isn't changing anything about the memory aspects of the driver yet it's working for you on sunxi, isn't it? So it can't be all that broken. Thierry -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: not available URL: