[RFC] [JUST DEMO] commands: implement 'fbputs' command

Antony Pavlov antonynpavlov at gmail.com
Mon Feb 2 00:46:58 PST 2015


On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 16:55:40 +0800
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj at jcrosoft.com> wrote:

> 
> > On Jan 26, 2015, at 4:14 PM, Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de> wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 05:21:30PM +0300, Antony Pavlov wrote:
> >> Mainline barebox at the moment has no framebuffer
> >> console support.
> >> The 'fbputs' demo command displays a text string
> >> on fb device.
> >> 
> >> This quick-n-dirty patch demonstates that barebox
> >> framebuffer console can be easely realized.
> >> 
> >> I'm awaiting your comments!
> > 
> > Unfortunately real console support is not that simple, we would have to
> > parse ANSI escape sequences up to some point to make it generally usable.
> > 
> > Jean Christophe has framebuffer console patches, he'll probably comment
> > on this one aswell.
> > Personally I would be fine with your simple approach until real console
> > support arrives.
> 
> 
> Yes I have the framebuffer console support and yes you do need to have the ANSI support
> and it’s not that easy
> 

Are your planning add your framebuffer console patches to mainline barebox?

What is about your raspberry-pi patchseries?

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Best regards,
  Antony Pavlov



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