[PATCH v2 00/14] Platform Framebuffers and SimpleDRM

2013-07-10 Thread David Herrmann
Hi On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Stephen Warren wrote: > On 07/04/2013 06:25 AM, David Herrmann wrote: >> Hi >> >> This series changes the way we handle firmware framebuffers on x86 systems. >> On >> other architectures the recently introduced "simple-framebuffer" >> platform-devices provide

Re: [PATCH v2 00/14] Platform Framebuffers and SimpleDRM

2013-07-10 Thread David Herrmann
Hi On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Stephen Warren wrote: > On 07/04/2013 06:25 AM, David Herrmann wrote: >> Hi >> >> This series changes the way we handle firmware framebuffers on x86 systems. >> On >> other architectures the recently introduced "simple-framebuffer" >> platform-devices provide

[PATCH v2 00/14] Platform Framebuffers and SimpleDRM

2013-07-09 Thread Stephen Warren
On 07/04/2013 06:25 AM, David Herrmann wrote: > Hi > > This series changes the way we handle firmware framebuffers on x86 systems. On > other architectures the recently introduced "simple-framebuffer" > platform-devices provide a sane and proper way to handle firmware > framebuffers. > So why not

Re: [PATCH v2 00/14] Platform Framebuffers and SimpleDRM

2013-07-09 Thread Stephen Warren
On 07/04/2013 06:25 AM, David Herrmann wrote: > Hi > > This series changes the way we handle firmware framebuffers on x86 systems. On > other architectures the recently introduced "simple-framebuffer" > platform-devices provide a sane and proper way to handle firmware > framebuffers. > So why not

[PATCH v2 00/14] Platform Framebuffers and SimpleDRM

2013-07-05 Thread David Herrmann
Hi On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 7:48 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 07/04/2013 05:25 AM, David Herrmann wrote: >> >> - What FB formats are common on x86 that we should add to >> SIMPLEFB_FORMATS? >> (other than ARGB/XRGB32) > > > The common pixel formats on x86 are: > > - Palettized 4-bit planar

Re: [PATCH v2 00/14] Platform Framebuffers and SimpleDRM

2013-07-05 Thread David Herrmann
Hi On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 7:48 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 07/04/2013 05:25 AM, David Herrmann wrote: >> >> - What FB formats are common on x86 that we should add to >> SIMPLEFB_FORMATS? >> (other than ARGB/XRGB32) > > > The common pixel formats on x86 are: > > - Palettized 4-bit planar

[PATCH v2 00/14] Platform Framebuffers and SimpleDRM

2013-07-04 Thread David Herrmann
Hi This series changes the way we handle firmware framebuffers on x86 systems. On other architectures the recently introduced "simple-framebuffer" platform-devices provide a sane and proper way to handle firmware framebuffers. So why not use it on x86, too? This series adds x86 setup code to crea

Re: [PATCH v2 00/14] Platform Framebuffers and SimpleDRM

2013-07-04 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 07/04/2013 05:25 AM, David Herrmann wrote: - What FB formats are common on x86 that we should add to SIMPLEFB_FORMATS? (other than ARGB/XRGB32) The common pixel formats on x86 are: - Palettized 4-bit planar (bigendian, i.e. MSB to the left) - Palettized 8-bit packed (one byte per pixe

[PATCH v2 00/14] Platform Framebuffers and SimpleDRM

2013-07-04 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 07/04/2013 05:25 AM, David Herrmann wrote: > - What FB formats are common on x86 that we should add to SIMPLEFB_FORMATS? > (other than ARGB/XRGB32) The common pixel formats on x86 are: - Palettized 4-bit planar (bigendian, i.e. MSB to the left) - Palettized 8-bit packed (one byte per pix

[PATCH v2 00/14] Platform Framebuffers and SimpleDRM

2013-07-04 Thread David Herrmann
Hi This series changes the way we handle firmware framebuffers on x86 systems. On other architectures the recently introduced "simple-framebuffer" platform-devices provide a sane and proper way to handle firmware framebuffers. So why not use it on x86, too? This series adds x86 setup code to crea