On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 5:58 PM Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> wrote: > > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 09:22:05AM +0200, Stefan Agner wrote: > > On 27.05.2019 07:21, Igor Opaniuk wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > I've finally started looking into the cfb_console.c driver and it's > > > conversion to DM_VIDEO after our initial discussion [1]. > > > Unfortunately I've a bit underestimated the amount of effort that > > > should be done, as mxsfb.c in the Linux mainline obviously pulls the > > > whole core fb subsystem > > > (drivers/video/fbdev/core), which can take a while and frankly I doubt > > > that this is a proper way to do things here. > > > > Just wanted to mention that the Linux mxsfb fbdev driver is considered > > deprecated. > > > > See: https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/950619/#1135990 > > > > Also note that the new DRM driver does use OF graph style bindings, see: > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mxsfb.txt > > > > > > > > Taking into account that the deadline for DM_VIDEO conversion is > > > 2019.07, it's unlikely that we will manage to do the full conversions > > > this cfb_console driver and all dependent hw specific drivers in a > > > proper way (where we can provide information about videomodes as > > > properties in a proper nodes in DT). > > > > IMHO, if the deadline hinders us to do it properly, we should extend the > > deadline. > > Agreed. We can always extend deadlines as needed when people are > working to solve the problem, and we want it solved correctly. Thanks > all! > > -- > Tom
Stefan, Anatolij, Tom, Thanks a lot for your input! -- Best regards - Freundliche GrĂ¼sse - Meilleures salutations Igor Opaniuk mailto: igor.opan...@gmail.com skype: igor.opanyuk +380 (93) 836 40 67 http://ua.linkedin.com/in/iopaniuk _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot