From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58086C3A5A5 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2019 04:01:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2886822CF7 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2019 04:01:39 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=flygoat.com header.i=@flygoat.com header.b="kJZN8mlo" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1725818AbfICEBi (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Sep 2019 00:01:38 -0400 Received: from forward102o.mail.yandex.net ([37.140.190.182]:60994 "EHLO forward102o.mail.yandex.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725440AbfICEBi (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Sep 2019 00:01:38 -0400 Received: from mxback2o.mail.yandex.net (mxback2o.mail.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:0:1a2d::1c]) by forward102o.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id 2C1546681280; Tue, 3 Sep 2019 07:01:36 +0300 (MSK) Received: from smtp3o.mail.yandex.net (smtp3o.mail.yandex.net [2a02:6b8:0:1a2d::27]) by mxback2o.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTP id NKX2XENC4k-1ZPm2Z7Q; Tue, 03 Sep 2019 07:01:36 +0300 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=flygoat.com; s=mail; t=1567483296; bh=k3jrsliRqjunWJ4fFKsDRMRfOV9W5xfLnUoCuRIstaM=; h=In-Reply-To:From:To:Subject:Cc:Date:References:Message-ID; b=kJZN8mloCKGuRbgEB++R85paRHt2WB6iQg6gTHRaUP4xazYXZX2KGj4+6dPHmX3iy 10hGaDJfb51B9H6tCK36f1QQQ+HplMEQzaihrLUPmM3jFhYr9aMqaIu1yHiPVU7WI0 7nX/OUyNWrJCMNZa7JE6AcUS+j3xrfZSQsYTKxQM= Authentication-Results: mxback2o.mail.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@flygoat.com Received: by smtp3o.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTPSA id qnvmsJrDlQ-1XMaGF9g; Tue, 03 Sep 2019 07:01:34 +0300 (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client certificate not present) Subject: Re: [PATCH 094/120] MIPS: PS2: FB: Frame buffer driver for the PlayStation 2 To: Fredrik Noring Cc: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org References: <4927c42fb3401c42c4c5a077f272331ac79d80b1.1567326213.git.noring@nocrew.org> <1003c9cc-c30e-00a7-7494-4f1cb4862e88@flygoat.com> <20190902144007.GA2479@sx9> From: Jiaxun Yang Message-ID: <2ac424e5-017b-5892-ef38-fe25ec5f38d1@flygoat.com> Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 12:01:30 +0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20190902144007.GA2479@sx9> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-mips-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org 在 2019/9/2 22:40, Fredrik Noring 写道: > Hi Jiaxun Yang, > >> According to kernel policy[1] no more new FBDev driver would be accepted. >> >> Please refactor it to DRM. > I had the impression that the DRM does not support a kernel console? Hi Fredik, DRM do have fb_helper providing FB console. I think refactor your current FB driver with drm gem cma helper won't be very hard. > > Standard hardware, on its part, does not have a serial port or similar > alternatives that could easily function as a console, unfortunately. Ahh, the guy runs Linux on that gaming console is really cool! How do you debug your code? Thanks. -- Jiaxun Yang