Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Helge as fbdev maintainer

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 17.01.22 um 15:10 schrieb Geert Uytterhoeven:

[...] Which uses an DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888 intermediate, and

drm_fb_xrgb8888_to_gray8() and repaper_gray8_to_mono_reversed()
to convert from truecolor to monochrome.  I guess that would work,
as this is a slow e-ink display.  Have fun as a text console ;-)

Best regards
Thomas

But that's really just a question of optimization. The console is userspace-ish in that no one has asked for monochrome support yet. So it's not there. We could add it if it's ever needed.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                         Geert

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Thomas Zimmermann
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