From: CK Hu <ck.hu@mediatek.com>
To: Frank Wunderlich <frank-w@public-files.de>
Cc: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@pengutronix.de>,
David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>,
Alexander Ryabchenko <d3adme4t@gmail.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
dri-devel <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>,
"moderated list:ARM/Mediatek SoC support"
<linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org>,
Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>,
Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@gmail.com>,
Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: Aw: Re: [PATCH] drm/mediatek: Add MTK Framebuffer-Device (mt7623)
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:31:28 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1547170288.29836.2.camel@mtksdaap41> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <trinity-0da588a3-1277-4421-ad6b-1f6aeb129dd6-1547146897687@3c-app-gmx-bs35>
Hi, Frank:
On Thu, 2019-01-10 at 20:01 +0100, Frank Wunderlich wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> > > Would be good to use the new generic fbdev emulation code here, for even
> > > less code. Or at least know why this isn't possible to use for mtk (and
> > > maybe address that in the core code). Hand-rolling fbdev code shouldn't be
> > > needed anymore.
> >
> > Back on the mailing list, no private replies please:
>
> i don't wanted to spam all people with dumb questions ;)
>
> > For examples please grep for drm_fbdev_generic_setup(). There's also a
> > still in-flight series from Gerd Hoffmann to convert over bochs. That,
> > plus all the kerneldoc linked from there should get you started.
> > -Daniel
>
> this is one of google best founds if i search for drm_fbdev_generic_setup:
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/12/19/305
>
> not very helpful...
>
> so i tried kernel-doc
>
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/gpu/drm-kms-helpers.html?highlight=drm_fbdev_generic_setup#c.drm_fbdev_generic_setup
>
> which is nice function-reference but i've found no generic workflow
>
> as the posted driver is "only" a driver ported from kernel 4.4 by Alexander, i don't know if this new framework can be used and which parts need to be changed. I only try to bring his code Mainline....
> Maybe CK Hu can help here because driver is originally from him and he knows internals. Or maybe you can help here?
I could help on this but I'm a little busy now, so I'm not sure how long
this process takes.
Regards,
CK
>
> i personally make my first steps as spare-time kernel-developer :)
>
> regards Frank
>
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20190102084917.4049-1-frank-w@public-files.de>
2019-01-07 10:36 ` [PATCH] drm/mediatek: Add MTK Framebuffer-Device (mt7623) Daniel Vetter
2019-01-08 13:40 ` Daniel Vetter
2019-01-10 19:01 ` Aw: " Frank Wunderlich
2019-01-10 20:02 ` Daniel Vetter
2019-01-11 3:20 ` CK Hu
2019-01-11 9:20 ` Daniel Vetter
2019-01-11 9:49 ` CK Hu
2019-01-11 10:25 ` Daniel Vetter
2019-01-11 16:07 ` Noralf Trønnes
2019-01-14 2:02 ` CK Hu
2019-01-11 18:23 ` Aw: Re: " Frank Wunderlich
2019-01-11 1:31 ` CK Hu [this message]
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