Re: Geode GX framebuffer driver: Arcom vs. AMD

Antonino A. Daplas
2007-07-14T20:32:21Z

On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 15:01 -0400, Andrew Paprocki wrote:
> Is there any reason why the GPL framebuffer driver for the GX/GX1/LX
> directly from AMD is not integrated into the kernel and only a custom
> driver for only the GX/GX1 written by Arcom exists?
> (drivers/video/geode/*)
>
> If you have an LX, the Arcom driver won't work and it is difficult to
> use AMD's patch for 2.6.11 with a more recent kernel because the
> drivers/video/geode directory has filename conflicts with files in the
> patch.
>
> If there are no issues preventing its inclusion, would updated patches
> be accepted to switch to AMD's framebuffer driver? The AMD patches
> would need to be combined to support all three platforms in the driver
> dir, all sitting on top of the Cimarron HAL installed in lib/cimarron.
>

There's a patch for the AMD Geode LX which I'm going to send for the -mm
tree soon. Its module name is lxfb.

Tony