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 merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1VZrAa-0008HJ-0q for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 25 Oct 2013 23:51:57 +0000 Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 01:51:32 +0200 From: Sascha Hauer Message-ID: <20131025235132.GD30088@pengutronix.de> References: <1382646226-24871-1-git-send-email-a.heider@gmail.com> <20131025075651.GA86782@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20131025075651.GA86782@gmail.com> 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" Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] simple framebuffer driver with RPi support To: Andre Heider Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 09:56:51AM +0200, Andre Heider wrote: > On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 10:23:40PM +0200, Andre Heider wrote: > > This set adds a common simple framebuffer driver for platforms which choose > > to support it. RPi support is part of this set. > > > > The driver serves two functions: > > * a framebuffer driver for barebox > > * pass an active framebuffer configuration to a loaded kernel > > Pondering over this again, this is probably the wrong approach. There's > no need for a distinct simplefb driver for barebox, bcm2835 can have its own > fb driver like everyone else, Right, > and the simplefb configuration for the > kernel can be done independent of the fb barebox driver in use... Yes. I think we should have an option whether a framebuffer should be kept enabled when starting a kernel. If yes, then we have to resever the memory for the framebuffer and create the simplefb node. If not, we have to disable the framebuffer. Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox