On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 01:58:36PM -0600, Stephen Warren wrote: > On 08/13/2014 01:25 PM, Luc Verhaegen wrote: >> >> The code that sets up simplefb for sunxi is primarily for providing a >> console in u-boot (using the ancient cfbconsole infrastructure). From >> what i can tell, the u-boot code for rpi is about showing a splash >> screen (using the much newer lcd infrastructure). > > There's no splash screen on the Pi in the upstream U-Boot code. The LCD > displays the U-Boot console/stdout. If USB support for the Pi's USB host > is ever sent upstream, that will allow the user to use USB/LCD for > U-Boot control, rather than serial. Ah ok, i hadn't immediately found a tie with the lcd code and cfbconsole code, so apparently i didn't dig down far enough. Luc Verhaegen. -- 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
