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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:55:59 +0430 From: Ali Gholami Rudi <ali@...i.ir> To: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> Cc: fbdev <linux-fbdev-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@...il.com>, Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@...pl>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>, Philippe De Muyter <phdm@...qel.be>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] fbdev: add fillrect and copyarea ioctls Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:47:09 +0430 > Ali Gholami Rudi <ali@...i.ir> wrote: > > Is there any reason for not adding these ioctls to fbdev? I searched > > the net and couldn't any. Anyway, these patches simply implement > > those ioctls. > > > > can we turn this around, is there a reason to add them? > or in other words, how / where would these be used ? User-space programs that use framebuffer directly can use them. I was writing a simple framebuffer virtual terminal (using libfreetype for fonts; like fbterm); scrolling and painting boxes would be faster if there was someway of using hardware accelerated operations. I think other similar programs can benefit, too. Ali -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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