Hi
Am 08.01.26 um 19:10 schrieb Brian Norris:
On Thu, Jan 08, 2026 at 03:19:40PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
Coreboot implements framebuffer support via simplefb. Provide a
native DRM driver. Keep the simplefb code for now.
I'm not much of a DRM-er, but what's blocking us from just replacing the
simplefb driver with DRM completely? Just being conservative and
allowing flexibility? Or are there technical reasons this wouldn't be a
proper replacement? It sounds like supporting 2 drivers provides at
least some small complications, like in patch 1, where you're trying to
avoid repeating similar logic in 2 framebuffer-handling drivers.
Yes, that's true.
There are currently two drivers that bind to the created
simple-framebuffer: fbdev's simplefb and DRM's simpledrm. The new
corebootdrm intents to replace simpledrm. And simplefb is deprecated: if
no one uses that any longer, I'm all for removing coreboot's current
framebuffer handling.
Best regards
Thomas
Brian
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