On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 08:01:37PM +0100, Frank Wunderlich wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > > > Would be good to use the new generic fbdev emulation code here, for even > > > less code. Or at least know why this isn't possible to use for mtk (and > > > maybe address that in the core code). Hand-rolling fbdev code shouldn't be > > > needed anymore. > > > > Back on the mailing list, no private replies please: > > i don't wanted to spam all people with dumb questions ;) There's no dumb questions, only insufficient documentation :-) > > For examples please grep for drm_fbdev_generic_setup(). There's also a > > still in-flight series from Gerd Hoffmann to convert over bochs. That, > > plus all the kerneldoc linked from there should get you started. > > -Daniel > > this is one of google best founds if i search for drm_fbdev_generic_setup: > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/12/19/305 > > not very helpful... > > so i tried kernel-doc > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/gpu/drm-kms-helpers.html?highlight=drm_fbdev_generic_setup#c.drm_fbdev_generic_setup > > which is nice function-reference but i've found no generic workflow > > as the posted driver is "only" a driver ported from kernel 4.4 by Alexander, i don't know if this new framework can be used and which parts need to be changed. I only try to bring his code Mainline.... > Maybe CK Hu can help here because driver is originally from him and he knows internals. Or maybe you can help here? > > i personally make my first steps as spare-time kernel-developer :) There's a ton of in-kernel users of that function already, I meant you can use those to serve as examples ... If those + the kerneldoc aren't good enough, then we need to improve them. -Daniel -- Daniel Vetter Software Engineer, Intel Corporation http://blog.ffwll.ch _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
