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From: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
Cc: timofonic timofonic
	<timofonic-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven
	<geert-Td1EMuHUCqxL1ZNQvxDV9g@public.gmane.org>,
	Linux Fbdev development list
	<linux-fbdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	dri-devel-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org,
	wayland-devel-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Future desktop on dumb frame buffers?
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:22:27 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110321142227.6c968711@jbarnes-desktop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110321212008.384711f0-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>

On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:20:08 +0000
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> >   1) inertia: fbdev has been around a lot longer, and provides most of
> >   what embedded devices need anyway
> >   2) feature set: why bother doing a full KMS driver if you're not
> >   going to use any of the additional features it would provide (output
> >   management, memory management, execution management)
> 
> 3) its got documentation

Jeez, some people want it all.

You looking for docs for the ioctls and such?

-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-03-21 21:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-19 11:20 Future desktop on dumb frame buffers? Geert Uytterhoeven
2011-03-19 15:45 ` Rob Clark
2011-03-21 18:00 ` Jesse Barnes
2011-03-21 19:19   ` timofonic timofonic
     [not found]     ` <AANLkTimjOs8ZuKRUt1aOizhbRw2-Ni4bTPty-dKpZ-rz-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-21 19:25       ` Jesse Barnes
2011-03-21 19:34         ` Corbin Simpson
2011-03-21 19:59           ` Jesse Barnes
2011-03-21 21:13           ` Ondrej Zary
2011-03-21 21:46             ` Alex Deucher
2011-03-21 19:50         ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2011-03-21 19:56           ` Jesse Barnes
2011-03-21 20:08           ` Alex Deucher
2011-03-23 14:09             ` Robert Fekete
2011-03-24 11:05               ` Laurent Pinchart
2011-03-21 21:20         ` Alan Cox
     [not found]           ` <20110321212008.384711f0-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-21 21:22             ` Jesse Barnes [this message]
2011-03-21 21:37           ` Matt Turner
2011-04-04  9:40             ` Alan Cox
2011-03-22 15:26         ` Michal Suchanek

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