linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv0 1/1] fbdev: add Intel FPGA FRAME BUFFER driver

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Date:   Fri, 18 Nov 2016 14:15:47 +0000
From:   One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Ong, Hean Loong" <hean.loong.ong@...el.com>,
        Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv0 1/1] fbdev: add Intel FPGA FRAME BUFFER driver

> AIUI, we're not taking new FB drivers. This should be a DRM driver 
> instead.

Yes - clone one of the dumb DRM drivers, or if you've got any little bits
of acceleration (even rolling the display) then it's possibly worth
accelerating for text mode.

> > +- max-width: The width of the framebuffer in pixels.
> > +- max-height: The height of the framebuffer in pixels.
> > +- bits-per-color: only "8" is currently supported  
> 
> These are not h/w properties.

How are the max ones not hardware properties ?

Alan