[PATCH v2 01/14] fbdev: simplefb: add init through platform_data

2013-07-09 Thread Stephen Warren
On 07/04/2013 06:25 AM, David Herrmann wrote: > If we create proper platform-devices in x86 boot-code, we can use simplefb > for VBE or EFI framebuffers, too. However, there is normally no OF support > so we introduce a platform_data object so x86 boot-code can pass the > parameters via plain old p

Re: [PATCH v2 01/14] fbdev: simplefb: add init through platform_data

2013-07-09 Thread Stephen Warren
On 07/04/2013 06:25 AM, David Herrmann wrote: > If we create proper platform-devices in x86 boot-code, we can use simplefb > for VBE or EFI framebuffers, too. However, there is normally no OF support > so we introduce a platform_data object so x86 boot-code can pass the > parameters via plain old p

[PATCH v2 01/14] fbdev: simplefb: add init through platform_data

2013-07-04 Thread David Herrmann
If we create proper platform-devices in x86 boot-code, we can use simplefb for VBE or EFI framebuffers, too. However, there is normally no OF support so we introduce a platform_data object so x86 boot-code can pass the parameters via plain old platform-data. This also removes the OF dependency as

[PATCH v2 01/14] fbdev: simplefb: add init through platform_data

2013-07-04 Thread David Herrmann
If we create proper platform-devices in x86 boot-code, we can use simplefb for VBE or EFI framebuffers, too. However, there is normally no OF support so we introduce a platform_data object so x86 boot-code can pass the parameters via plain old platform-data. This also removes the OF dependency as