linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: omapfb: Add early framebuffer memory allocator

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Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 15:05:15 +0100
From:	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
To:	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
Cc:	Ivaylo Dimitrov <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@...il.com>, tony@...mide.com,
	linux@....linux.org.uk, pavel@....cz, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ivaylo Dimitrov <freemangordon@....bg>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: omapfb: Add early framebuffer memory allocator

On Tuesday 16 February 2016 15:51:34 Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> Another thing, with v4.5, omapfb has moved into maintenance mode. I
> don't want to merge new features there. Are you planning to move to
> omapdrm, and if not, why? I'd rather see all this done for omapdrm only.

Hi! We are using (patched) Maemo and for OpenGL ES support we need SGX
PVR graphics kernel driver which depends on omapfb :-( Because Maemo
needs OpenGL ES we needs omapfb driver. Kernel part of SGX PVR driver is
open source (GPL) but there is no manpower to port it to omapdrm...

So if we want to use (patched) Maemo (which I really want) we need to
stay on omapfb for now...

And there are no full open source drivers for SGX PVR graphic chip which
would work on TI omap3 Nokia N900 device...

-- 
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@...il.com