Hi David,
> I've just updated DirectFB from 1.4.1 to 1.4.13/1.5.1 and encountered
> some errors on my SH7723 board with the sh7722 gfxdriver. DirectFB 1.5.1
> doesn't compile due to a parameter change in dfb_surface_create_simple,
> so I switched back to the latest 1.4 version.
> I saw that the sh7722 driver has major changes in the driver code. It
> now uses libshbeu and libuiomux to control the BEU interface. I've
> checked the current kernel version, but the BEU interface is not
> exported for SH7722/SH7723, only SH7724 can use it thus it is no longer
> possible to use a processor other than SH7724 with the current driver
> implementation.
>
> Is this behavior expected? Is it possible to recover the old state for
> processor other than SH7724 so that an update still works? What are the
> plans for this driver in the future, is the sh7724 the only processor
> which is supported?
It is a pain that the BEU resources aren't in the kernel, though it's pretty
simple to add this.
There are a couple of other issues with sh772x with DirectFB 1.5.1 which I am
currently looking at. I will check this on SH7723 as well as SH7724
devices.
Regards
Phil
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