Hi Thomas, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx> writes: > Am 31.10.21 um 20:53 schrieb Sven Schnelle: >> Hi List(s), >> i wrote a fbdev driver for the HP Visualize FX cards used some of >> the >> PA-RISC workstations. It utilizes some of the 2D acceleration features >> present in the card. >> [..] > > Thanks for all the work you put into this. We welcome drivers even for > older hardware, but not for fbdev. DRM is all the rage now and has > been for a while. I'd like to ask you to convert the driver to DRM and > resubmit to <dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. > > I while ago, I made conversion helpers for this. You can look at [1] > for a trivial DRM drivers that wraps existing fbdev drivers for use > with DRM. Once you have that, it turns into a refactoring job. Thanks, i wasn't aware as i normally don't do any graphics related development. I take a look at dri and port the driver, which is hopefully not too hard. Sven
