[PATCH 3/4] ARM i.MX28 tx28: use a fixed framebuffer address

Juergen Beisert jbe at pengutronix.de
Tue Jan 18 04:41:00 EST 2011


Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> >>>>> "Marc" == Marc Reilly <marc at cpdesign.com.au> 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

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