Re: SM501 framebuffer driver

[Andrey Volkov <avolkov@varma-el.com>]

Ben Dooks wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 11:11:46AM -0500, Bill Gatliff wrote:
>> Guys:
>>
>>
>> Sorry about starting a new thread, but I was referred to this 
>> list/thread by a colleague just a few minutes ago.  (OT: it isn't in the 
>> archives in SF, either!).
>>
>> I hate to play "me too!", but I also have an SM501 framebuffer driver in 
>> a partial state of development.  I'd love to collaborate with others to 
>> get a good version pushed upstream.
>>
>> One of the challenges I've encountered with this chip is dealing with 
>> all the "other stuff" it has onboard.  In my driver, I addressed that by 
>> creating a whole new bus similar to what Nico did for the UCB1400.  I 
>> was in the process of getting AC97 working when I figured out that that 
>> part of the chip is so braindead, it isn't worth using--- at least on 
>> ARM platforms that don't have DMA (which was my case).
>>
>> In an upcoming project I need to use the USBH, so I'll be revisiting 
>> this issue again soon.  I have also cc'd others who have worked with me 
>> on this chip.
>>
>> I'd be happy to post code if that makes sense.  Or to host a CVS repo or 
>> something.
> 
> We have a solution based on an central device in drivers/mfd
> which creates a set of sub-devices that are used by the invidicual
> drivers
> 

We too ;), and use on our board: http://www.varma-el.com/en/prod?cls=sbc

Anyone have objections about berlios.de SVN for a sm501 staff?

Andrey

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