From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([2001:6f8:1178:4:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.72 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1Pf85V-0001LZ-0o for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:43:00 +0000 From: Juergen Beisert Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:41:00 +0100 References: <1295259766-19301-1-git-send-email-s.hauer@pengutronix.de> <201101180949.35371.marc@cpdesign.com.au> <87y66i8xel.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> In-Reply-To: <87y66i8xel.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <201101181041.00195.jbe@pengutronix.de> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: barebox-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] ARM i.MX28 tx28: use a fixed framebuffer address To: barebox@lists.infradead.org Peter Korsgaard wrote: > >>>>> "Marc" == Marc Reilly writes: > > Hi, > > Marc> Purely out of interest, what is the advantage/necessity for > Marc> having the frame buffer at a fixed address? > > Presumably to be able to reuse the buffer in Linux for flicker free > booting. Yes. jbe -- Pengutronix e.K. | Juergen Beisert | Linux Solutions for Science and Industry | Phone: +49-8766-939 228 | Vertretung Sued/Muenchen, Germany | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox