linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 03/13] bootsplash: Flush framebuffer after drawing

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Date:   Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:07:53 +0100
From:   Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
To:     Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>, Max Staudt <mstaudt@...e.de>
Cc:     bernhard.rosenkranzer@...aro.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        philm@...jaro.org, michal@...kovi.net, b.zolnierkie@...sung.com,
        Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@...e.com>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 03/13] bootsplash: Flush framebuffer after drawing

Am Dienstag, den 19.12.2017, 14:57 +0100 schrieb Daniel Vetter:
> > Would you like me to extend the FB API or not?
> 
> Yes. Well for real I'd like you to do kms, so maybe you need to explain
> why exactly you absolutely have to use fbdev (aka which driver isn't
> supported by drm that you want to enable this on).

Hi,

those would be at a minimum efifb, vesafb, xenfb
Those are obviously not sexy, but from a practical point of view
they are the minimum you need to support.

	Regards
		Oliver