Re: [PATCH] OMAP_LDP: Support LCD display as a FB device on ZOOM MDK (Re: LDP support)

[Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>]

* stanley.miao <stanley.miao@windriver.com> [090507 07:59]:
> Tony Lindgren wrote:
>> * Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> [090505 21:00]:
>>   
>>> * Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> [090505 12:52]:
>>>     
>>>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 03:42:37PM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
>>>>       
>>>>> * Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> [090428 15:07]:
>>>>>         
>>>>>> Tony, et.al.,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any ideas when more LDP support will be pushed into mainline (such as
>>>>>> the framebuffer support)?
>>>>>>           
>>>>> I'll be looking at the board-*.c patches for the next merge window
>>>>> hopefully this week or next week.
>>>>>
>>>>> Looks like LDP keyboard, touchscreen & RTC are pretty much ready
>>>>> to go. Then the MMC has some regulator updates, but AFAIK the MMC
>>>>> should work OK already.
>>>>>
>>>>> For the framebuffer, Imre and Tomi know the status the best, so
>>>>> I've added them to Cc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Imre has been meaning to send a bunch of drivers/video/omap changes
>>>>> to the fbdev list for a while now and LDP framebuffer may depend on
>>>>> those. Imre, any news on the status of sending the fb patches
>>>>> upstream?
>>>>>
>>>>> Then there are the upcoming DSS patches from Tomi, but those still
>>>>> need some work before they're ready to go.
>>>>>         
>>>> Is there any news on this?  Will we see more functional OMAP3 / LDP
>>>> support queued for the next merge window?
>>>>       
>>> Yes fro the stuff listed above, but still no news on the framebuffer
>>> patches. Imre?
>>>     
>>
>> Added Stanley Miao to Cc. Here's an updated version of Stanley's patch to
>> add fb support for LDP.
>>
>> I don't have an LDP, maybe you guys can give it a try against the mainline
>> kernel and see if it works! There might be some changes needed to  
>> drivers/video/omap/dispc.c too.. And those should be handled by Imre.
>>
>> But if this works, at least we can then add support for few more boards
>> easily while waiting for Imre to send his updates.
>>   
> Hi, Tony,
>
> Now the kernel can't boot on LDP. The attached file is the boot log.
>
> I will check it when I have  time.

Looks like the get_dss_clocks() in dispc.c at least needs updating for
omap3. It should use clkdev too now btw.

Tony