From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luc Verhaegen Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:25:06 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] simplefb: disable dt node upon remove Message-Id: <20140813192506.GH31326@skynet.be> List-Id: References: <1407914239-12054-1-git-send-email-libv@skynet.be> <1407914239-12054-4-git-send-email-libv@skynet.be> <20140813094524.GC31326@skynet.be> <20140813101923.GD31326@skynet.be> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 08:14:37PM +0100, Grant Likely wrote: > > BTW, Is anyone currently using the simple framebuffer for early > console? For early console we would want to start using it well before > setting up platform devices. The code that sets up simplefb for sunxi is primarily for providing a console in u-boot (using the ancient cfbconsole infrastructure). From what i can tell, the u-boot code for rpi is about showing a splash screen (using the much newer lcd infrastructure). With u-boot showing a console, it really seemed only a small step to add simplefb. And quite a few people in our sunxi community are interested in it, primarily for u-boot and early console, and only secondarily as a stop-gap for a full driver. Luc Verhaegen.