Hi Karim,

Karim Senoucci wrote:
> I can't get the display AT070TN83 (the "A70", the standard FriendlyARM
> 7-inch display) to display anything with the current BSP release. I
> use the default kernel (3.4.4) and start it with mini2400=1tb, but the
> screen stays dark (the backlight seems to work, though). I use the
> unmodified kernel sources, fbset claims it runs in 800x480, but nothing
>  ever appears on screen. Everything else just runs fine (even the touch
> panel seems to work), but without display, this is rather pointless.
>
>  :-(
>
> Can anybody tell me where to look? I'm familiar with linux, just not
> with ARM devices; I don't know if I have to use a different kernel or
> if this Board Support Package just plain doesn't work with the A70
> (even though every BSP release note since last September explicity
> states it works with the A70). I can provide any output you deem
> necessary, as I'm not familar with this FriendlyARM package, I just
> don't know what logs might help.

The A70 display support is part of the Mini2440 platform since the beginning 
in march 2009 (commit hash is 5102aa4acdbde305646ae60c5eec7042b5016a0e). I 
had expected it should work, as it is part of the mainline kernel. But I have 
none of this displays to really test it.

Did you read this:

http://www.friendlyarm.net/forum/topic/4314

Regards,
Juergen

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