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Re: [PATCHv0 1/1] fbdev: add Intel FPGA FRAME BUFFER driver

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On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 8:15 AM, One Thousand Gnomes
<gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
>> AIUI, we're not taking new FB drivers. This should be a DRM driver
>> instead.
>
> Yes - clone one of the dumb DRM drivers, or if you've got any little bits
> of acceleration (even rolling the display) then it's possibly worth
> accelerating for text mode.
>
>> > +- max-width: The width of the framebuffer in pixels.
>> > +- max-height: The height of the framebuffer in pixels.
>> > +- bits-per-color: only "8" is currently supported
>>
>> These are not h/w properties.
>
> How are the max ones not hardware properties ?

Because the way they are used is setting the mode, not some check of
the max when the mode is set. If this is synthesized for only one
size, then that would be different, but we have bindings for modes.

Rob

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[PATCHv0 1/1] fbdev: add Intel FPGA FRAME BUFFER driver "Ong, Hean Loong" <hean.loong.ong@intel.com> - 2016-11-16 10:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCHv0 1/1] fbdev: add Intel FPGA FRAME BUFFER driver Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> - 2016-11-18 15:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCHv0 1/1] fbdev: add Intel FPGA FRAME BUFFER driver One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> - 2016-11-18 15:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCHv0 1/1] fbdev: add Intel FPGA FRAME BUFFER driver Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> - 2016-11-18 20:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCHv0 1/1] fbdev: add Intel FPGA FRAME BUFFER driver "Ong, Hean Loong" <hean.loong.ong@intel.com> - 2016-11-21 03:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCHv0 1/1] fbdev: add Intel FPGA FRAME BUFFER driver Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com> - 2016-11-23 08:40 +0100

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