[PATCH 0/6] simple framebuffer driver with RPi support

Andre Heider a.heider at gmail.com
Fri Oct 25 03:56:51 EDT 2013


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, and the simplefb configuration for the
kernel can be done independent of the fb barebox driver in use...



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