Re: [PATCH] fbdev: simplefb: add support for 'memory-region' property on DT node

[Kunihiko Hayashi <hayashi.kunihiko@socionext.com>]

Hi Rob,

On Mon, 5 Feb 2018 00:09:14 -0600 <robh@kernel.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 01, 2018 at 04:56:08PM +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Tuesday, January 23, 2018 08:34:56 PM Kunihiko Hayashi wrote:
> > > Enables 'memory-region' property referring to the memory description on
> > > the reserved-memory node in case of devicetree use.
> > > If there is no 'reg' property that specifies the address and size of
> > > the framebuffer, the address and size written in the memory description
> > > on the reserved-memory node can be used for the framebuffer.
> > > 
> > > Furthermore, the reserved-memory node needs to have "no-map" attributes
> > > because simplefb driver maps the region by ioremap_wc().
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Kunihiko Hayashi <hayashi.kunihiko@socionext.com>
> > 
> > This needs an ACK from Rob or Mark (DT bindings Maintainers).
> > 
> > > ---
> > >  .../bindings/display/simple-framebuffer.txt        |  3 ++
> > >  drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c                     | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/simple-framebuffer.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/simple-framebuffer.txt
> > > index 5a9ce51..be5139f 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/simple-framebuffer.txt
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/simple-framebuffer.txt
> > > @@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ Optional properties:
> > >    framebuffer remains active.
> > >  
> > >  - display : phandle pointing to the primary display hardware node
> > > +- memory-region: phandle to a node describing memory region as framebuffer
> > > +		 memory instead of reg property. The node should include
> > > +		 'no-map'.
> 
> This should also state when it's appropriate to use this instead of reg. 
> The memory would only be reclaimed if reg is used.
> 
> Though I'm wondering what keeps the simple fb memory from getting used 
> by the OS if reserved memory is not always used.

Sorry that my understanding might not be correct.

Since a framebuffer defined by "reserved-memory" can't be reclaimed,
I've assumed such the framebuffer was dedicated and had some restrictions
by device or firmware.

Even in that case, You mean that we describe only "reg" directly,
not go through "reserved-memory". Is that correct?

It might be better to define new driver handling the dedicated framebuffer
rather than using simple-fb, though, I'm not sure.

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Best Regards,
Kunihiko Hayashi