Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot Graphics Library?

2013-01-22 Thread Alexander Holler
Am 21.01.2013 02:29, schrieb Alexander Holler: Am 18.01.2013 21:57, schrieb Simon Glass: Hi, On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Steve Strobel steve.stro...@link-comm.com wrote: Maybe the USB flash drive used for recovery could contain not only the image to be written to flash, but also a

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot Graphics Library?

2013-01-20 Thread Alexander Holler
Am 18.01.2013 21:57, schrieb Simon Glass: Hi, On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Steve Strobel steve.stro...@link-comm.com wrote: Maybe the USB flash drive used for recovery could contain not only the image to be written to flash, but also a bootable OS image used to provide on-screen

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot Graphics Library?

2013-01-18 Thread Albert ARIBAUD
Alexander Holler wrote: And I think too that all this can be handled by adding a kernel (e.g. with integrated minimal initramfs) to u-boot. At least that is how I have handled such in the past. I agree that graphics (apart from a logo) should be handled outside U-boot proper - my own

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot Graphics Library?

2013-01-18 Thread Stefano Babic
On 16/01/2013 22:46, Simon Glass wrote: Hi Wolfgang, Hi Simon, This sounds like a nice feature. Initially. Then I start wondering if this really belongs into a boot loader. Instead of doing fancy graphics stuff, we should IMO rather focus on booting the OS of your choice really fast,

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot Graphics Library?

2013-01-18 Thread Simon Glass
Hi, On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 1:18 AM, Stefano Babic sba...@denx.de wrote: On 16/01/2013 22:46, Simon Glass wrote: Hi Wolfgang, Hi Simon, This sounds like a nice feature. Initially. Then I start wondering if this really belongs into a boot loader. Instead of doing fancy graphics stuff,

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot Graphics Library?

2013-01-18 Thread Simon Glass
Hi, On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Steve Strobel steve.stro...@link-comm.com wrote: Maybe the USB flash drive used for recovery could contain not only the image to be written to flash, but also a bootable OS image used to provide on-screen messages during the recovery process. You would

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot Graphics Library?

2013-01-17 Thread James W.
I thik the GUI is not be included in U-boot, if you want a gui you can coding a software boot and load by UBOOT. right? boot done. update done . reboot to uboot and normal bring up your OS. uboot is uboot . It's not GUI-boot. 2013/1/16 Dirk Behme dirk.be...@de.bosch.com he user has to

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot Graphics Library?

2013-01-17 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Simon, In message CAPnjgZ0vjatrA5X_SuQC4j8-0HC=fogcj9ssk_zqycet6im...@mail.gmail.com you wrote: Why don't you load and start a small recovery system from the USB stick then? I don't see why you need a GUI to do that. This could be mostly made automatic. That's exactly what we

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot Graphics Library?

2013-01-17 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Dirk, In message 50f7a2d7.90...@de.bosch.com you wrote: Yes, we were thinking about the same use case: An U-Boot based device where U-Boot is responsible for the whole system update, including the OS. The user has to insert an USB stick or SD card containing the files to be updated.

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot Graphics Library?

2013-01-17 Thread Alexander Holler
Am 16.01.2013 20:46, schrieb Wolfgang Denk: Dear Simon Glass, In message capnjgz12pss6sonsumu-vrrxwxs04zb+grqqguknw2dtzbu...@mail.gmail.com you wrote: We are currently using a very rudimentary graphics features attached to U-Boot. It can only display bitmap images. We use this in Chromium to

[U-Boot] U-Boot Graphics Library?

2013-01-16 Thread Simon Glass
Hi, We are currently using a very rudimentary graphics features attached to U-Boot. It can only display bitmap images. We use this in Chromium to composite a display for the various screens we need to display in U-Boot. Unfortunately the graphics screens get quite large when using multiple

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot Graphics Library?

2013-01-16 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Simon Glass, In message capnjgz12pss6sonsumu-vrrxwxs04zb+grqqguknw2dtzbu...@mail.gmail.com you wrote: We are currently using a very rudimentary graphics features attached to U-Boot. It can only display bitmap images. We use this in Chromium to composite a display for the various

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot Graphics Library?

2013-01-16 Thread Simon Glass
Hi Wolfgang, On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Wolfgang Denk w...@denx.de wrote: Dear Simon Glass, In message capnjgz12pss6sonsumu-vrrxwxs04zb+grqqguknw2dtzbu...@mail.gmail.com you wrote: We are currently using a very rudimentary graphics features attached to U-Boot. It can only display

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot Graphics Library?

2013-01-16 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Simon Glass, In message CAPnjgZ3rNhvL98JEOPV=90u-Wr3iEqs8QgqYaz=boohrfrj...@mail.gmail.com you wrote: The problem is that a major purpose of the GUIs is to allow installing an OS from a USB stick/SD card, since the OS may have become corrupted and unbootable. We have looked at keeping

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot Graphics Library?

2013-01-16 Thread Andre Renaud
Hi Simon, On 17 January 2013 04:17, Simon Glass s...@chromium.org wrote: If we do this, rather than re-invent the wheel, does anyone have any suggestions on a very small and simple existing library that we could bring in to do this? If what you want is a small graphics/font system then I'd

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot Graphics Library?

2013-01-16 Thread Simon Glass
Hi Wolfgang, On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Wolfgang Denk w...@denx.de wrote: Dear Simon Glass, In message CAPnjgZ3rNhvL98JEOPV=90u-Wr3iEqs8QgqYaz=boohrfrj...@mail.gmail.com you wrote: The problem is that a major purpose of the GUIs is to allow installing an OS from a USB stick/SD

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot Graphics Library?

2013-01-16 Thread Simon Glass
Hi Andre, On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Andre Renaud an...@bluewatersys.com wrote: Hi Simon, On 17 January 2013 04:17, Simon Glass s...@chromium.org wrote: If we do this, rather than re-invent the wheel, does anyone have any suggestions on a very small and simple existing library that we

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot Graphics Library?

2013-01-16 Thread Dirk Behme
On 16.01.2013 23:54, Simon Glass wrote: Hi Wolfgang, On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Wolfgang Denk w...@denx.de wrote: Dear Simon Glass, In message CAPnjgZ3rNhvL98JEOPV=90u-Wr3iEqs8QgqYaz=boohrfrj...@mail.gmail.com you wrote: The problem is that a major purpose of the GUIs is to allow