On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 09:51:40AM +0000, Wang Huan-B18965 wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 02:07:55PM +0800, Alison Wang wrote: > > > The Display Controller Unit (DCU) module is a system master that > > > fetches graphics stored in internal or external memory and displays > > > them on a TFT LCD panel. A wide range of panel sizes is supported and > > > the timing of the interface signals is highly configurable. > > > Graphics are read directly from memory and then blended in real-time, > > > which allows for dynamic content creation with minimal CPU > > intervention. > > > > Only a review of the code inline. > > > > Maybe the real question is whether we want to introduce another > > framebuffer driver at all instead of making it a DRM driver. > [Alison Wang] I think DCU module is more suitable to be designed as a framebuffer driver than a DRM driver. Just like DIU framebuffer driver for PowerPC. We looked at the Vybrid datasheet and it's DCU section last week, and with its 64 planes, the controller really wants to get a DRM driver. rsc -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fbdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
