From: Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>
To: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/14] fbdev: simplefb: add init through platform_data
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:17:08 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51DC7DD4.7080001@wwwdotorg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1372940714-12470-2-git-send-email-dh.herrmann@gmail.com>
On 07/04/2013 06:25 AM, David Herrmann wrote:
> If we create proper platform-devices in x86 boot-code, we can use simplefb
> for VBE or EFI framebuffers, too. However, there is normally no OF support
> so we introduce a platform_data object so x86 boot-code can pass the
> parameters via plain old platform-data.
>
> This also removes the OF dependency as it is not needed. The headers
> provide proper dummies for the case OF is disabled.
>
> Furthermore, we move the FORMAT-definitions to the common platform header
> so initialization code can use it to transform "struct screen_info" to
> the right format-name.
Patches 1 and 5,
Reviewed-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-09 21:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-04 12:25 [PATCH v2 00/14] Platform Framebuffers and SimpleDRM David Herrmann
2013-07-04 12:25 ` [PATCH v2 01/14] fbdev: simplefb: add init through platform_data David Herrmann
2013-07-09 21:17 ` Stephen Warren [this message]
2013-07-04 12:25 ` [PATCH v2 02/14] fbdev: simplefb: mark as fw and allocate apertures David Herrmann
2013-07-04 12:25 ` [PATCH v2 03/14] x86: provide platform-devices for boot-framebuffers David Herrmann
2013-07-17 17:40 ` David Herrmann
2013-07-04 12:25 ` [PATCH v2 04/14] x86: sysfb: move EFI quirks from efifb to sysfb David Herrmann
2013-07-04 12:25 ` [PATCH v2 05/14] fbdev: simplefb: add 32bit RGB formats David Herrmann
2013-07-04 12:25 ` [PATCH v2 06/14] fbdev: vesafb: bind to platform-framebuffer device David Herrmann
2013-07-04 12:25 ` [PATCH v2 07/14] fbdev: efifb: bind to efi-framebuffer David Herrmann
2013-07-04 12:25 ` [PATCH v2 08/14] fbdev: fbcon: select VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING David Herrmann
2013-07-04 12:25 ` [PATCH v2 09/14] drm: add SimpleDRM driver David Herrmann
2013-07-04 12:25 ` [PATCH v2 10/14] drm: simpledrm: add fbdev fallback support David Herrmann
2013-07-04 12:25 ` [PATCH v2 11/14] drm: add helpers to kick out firmware drivers David Herrmann
2013-07-04 12:25 ` [PATCH v2 12/14] drm: nouveau: kick out firmware drivers during probe David Herrmann
2013-07-04 12:25 ` [PATCH v2 13/14] drm/i915: use new drm_kick_out_firmware() David Herrmann
2013-07-04 12:25 ` [PATCH v2 14/14] drm/radeon: " David Herrmann
2013-07-04 17:48 ` [PATCH v2 00/14] Platform Framebuffers and SimpleDRM H. Peter Anvin
2013-07-05 13:09 ` David Herrmann
2013-07-09 21:02 ` Stephen Warren
2013-07-10 17:28 ` David Herrmann
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