linux-kernel - Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 1/2] fb: add support for foreign endianness

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Date:	Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:56:35 +1100
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Clemens Koller <clemens.koller@...gramm.de>,
	benh@...nel.crashing.org, linux-fbdev-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	adaplas@...il.com, Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@...zta.fm>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@...mvista.com>
Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 1/2] fb: add support for foreign
 endianness

Andrew Morton writes:

> Bizarrely, the original author of the patch (Anton) has fallen off the cc. 
> Could whoever did that please thwap himself?
> 
> Anyway, my head is now officially spinning.  Did anyone actually have a
> reason why we shouldn't proceed with Anton's patch?

I was wondering if it would be sufficient to provide alternative
versions of fb_readl, fb_writel etc. that do byte-swapping.  That
would mean that all framebuffers would have to have the same
endianness, but that would suffice for embedded systems such as
Anton's and would end up a lot simpler IMHO.

Paul.
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