Hi, On 3 November 2017 at 16:56, Stephan Bauroth <der_steffi@xxxxxx> wrote: > Dear dri-devel, spec. Dear i.MX folks, > > I would like to display a splash screen on an i.MX6 based board from the > kernel as soon as the display hardware is initialized. But I'm having > trouble finding some kind of 'take this buffer and display it' function > within the IPU driver. (And I see no way of specifying such thing within the > device tree) > > I tried to trace a userspace write to /dev/fb0 to see where it ends up, but > didn't succeed in finding the right entry point. I am aware of the fact that > the bootloader typically displays a splash and linux then doesn't touch it, > but this solution is not feasible for me, mostly because it would include > duplicating the functionality of a display driver when the kernel offers a > working one. > > Has anybody built a splash from the kernel before? Or can anyone give me a > few pointers where to look for a start within the driver? Any help is > appreciated. > > regards, > Stephan > _______________________________________________ > dri-devel mailing list > dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel Please take a look at http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1710.3/01542.html. I think your need is similar to this. The solution is not mainline yet. Thanks, PrasannaKumar _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
