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From: Anatolij Gustschin <agust@denx.de>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2020 17:17:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] tbs2910: migrate to DM_VIDEO
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On Sat, 23 May 2020 09:55:48 +0200
Soeren Moch smoch at web.de wrote:

> On 23.05.20 01:24, Anatolij Gustschin wrote:
> > Migration to DM_VIDEO driver is long overdue, configure it in
> > board config files. To enable the display set stdout like:
> >
> >   setenv stdout serial,vidconsole  
> And this exactly is the problem.
> There are some users of this board without serial console. They have no
> chance to set this after upgrading u-boot.
> 
> What is the reason behind this incompatible change? In other words, why
> vga cannot be an alias for vidconsole, if this is the preferred name
> nowadays?

DM video console driver uses more generic name for the video console.
As a work-around, an alias exists for 'lcd' name. I've sent a patch
to also use 'vga' as an alias.

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Anatolij