[PATCH v6 1/6] fbdev/matrox: Remove trailing whitespaces

[Helge Deller]

On 5/11/23 15:10, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Helge,
>
> On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 3:05 PM Helge Deller <deller at gmx.de> wrote:
>> On 5/11/23 09:55, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
>>> But the work I do within fbdev is mostly for improving DRM.
>>
>> Sure.
>>
>>> For the
>>> other issues in this file, I don't think that matroxfb should even be
>>> around any longer. Fbdev has been deprecated for a long time. But a
>>> small number of drivers are still in use and we still need its
>>> framebuffer console. So someone should either put significant effort
>>> into maintaining fbdev, or it should be phased out. But neither is
>>> happening.
>>
>> You're wrong.
>>
>> You don't mention that for most older machines DRM isn't an acceptable
>> way to go due to it's limitations, e.g. it's low-speed due to missing
>> 2D-acceleration for older cards and and it's incapability to change screen
>> resolution at runtime (just to name two of the bigger limitations here).
>> So, unless we somehow find a good way to move such drivers over to DRM
>> (with a set of minimal 2D acceleration), they are still important.
>
> DRM can change resolution at runtime,

Right, sure.

> just not through the fbdev API.

... and sadly the simpledrm-based drivers neither.

> Or do you mean the resolution of the text console, akin to
> "fbset <mode>"?

yes.

> I have to admit I do not know if there is a command
> line tool to do that...

Helge