From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934105AbcHDSJT (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Aug 2016 14:09:19 -0400 Received: from lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk ([81.2.110.251]:37952 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933852AbcHDSJQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Aug 2016 14:09:16 -0400 Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 19:08:55 +0100 From: One Thousand Gnomes To: Daniel Vetter Cc: Luc Verhaegen , Noralf =?UTF-8?B?VHLDuG5uZXM=?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] drm: add SimpleDRM driver Message-ID: <20160804190855.413ed8d5@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20160804150843.GL6232@phenom.ffwll.local> References: <1470319400-14625-1-git-send-email-noralf@tronnes.org> <20160804141525.GC4256@skynet.be> <20160804150843.GL6232@phenom.ffwll.local> Organization: Intel Corporation X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.30; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > firmware framebuffer in early boot until a real driver takes over. It's a > replacement really for all the various uefi/vesa/whatever fbdev drivers. > Full reliance on the firmware very much intended. Most of those have firmware interfaces for things like colour setting and hardware scrolling. It's a replacement for far less than might first appear but still useful. Alan