From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JUUVH-0000ss-1b for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:11:55 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JUUVE-0000qz-Cj for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:11:53 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JUUVD-0000qq-VU for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:11:51 -0500 Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.184.239]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JUUVD-0005sE-Le for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:11:51 -0500 Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 50so5371146wra.18 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:11:50 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:11:49 +0000 From: "Wenqi Chen" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Why QEMU ARM Versatile doesn't support RGB? In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: song@yuan.se, qemu-devel@nongnu.org take your time machine back to oct 2006 .. http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-boot@lists.debian.org/msg81440.html On 27/02/2008, Song Yuan wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to boot linux with file system of DirectFB/Gtk+ stack from > QEMU ARM Versatile emulation. Then the emulation's framebuffer > supports BGR16, though the original PL110 graphics controller support > both BGR and RGB (as mentioned by Wenqi Chen in mail thread as > follows). But DirectFB does not support BGR16, as it does for RGB16. > > I looked into QEMU's source code, it seems that it won't make things > messy if I just patch it to RGB in QEMU. I would like to know whether > there are any special considerations that only BRG is supported at the > first place. Thanks! > > The mail thread in DirectFB regarding this is here: > http://mail.directfb.org/pipermail/directfb-dev/2008-February/003985.html > > PS: to Paul Brook: it seems IRC and other ports are blocked by my > proxy server that I couldn't get connected... > > > Song Yuan > > > -- WC