From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Mundt Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:31:45 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/15] ARM: mach-shmobile: HDMI hot-plug and improvements Message-Id: <20100914083145.GL7336@linux-sh.org> List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 09:19:45AM +0200, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > The main purpose of this patch set is supporting dynamic framebuffer > reconfiguration upon monitor hot-plug. The good thing is - it works. The > not so good thing is - only to the extent, that the current fbdev API > allows. Specifically, there is currently no possibility under the fbdev > API to inform framebuffer users about a changed framebuffer configuration, > as can easily be the case, when a new monitor has been plugged in. It is, > however, possible to inform in-kernel framebuffer users, e.g., the fbcon > console, about such a change, using framebuffer notifications. This patch > series implements support for monitor hot-plug on the hardware level, > i.e., the LCD and HDMI controllers get reconfigured for a new device. The > user configuration remains untouched. With this approach with a new > monitor plugged in, the user either gets to see the upper left corner of > the framebuffer image, or the whole framebuffer will be displayed in the > upper left corner of the display. > > The patch series also contains a number of improvements to both the lcdc > and hdmi SH-Mobile drivers. > > Based on the current (commit 410d878b) genesis-2.6/master tree. > Applied, thanks.