linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Helge as fbdev maintainer

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jan 2022 15:53:32 +0100
From:   Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>, Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "airlied@...il.com" <airlied@...il.com>,
        Linux Fbdev development list <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        DRI Development <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Helge as fbdev maintainer

Hi

Am 17.01.22 um 15:10 schrieb Geert Uytterhoeven:
> [...]  
> Which uses an DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888 intermediate, and
> drm_fb_xrgb8888_to_gray8() and repaper_gray8_to_mono_reversed()
> to convert from truecolor to monochrome.  I guess that would work,
> as this is a slow e-ink display.  Have fun as a text console ;-)

But that's really just a question of optimization. The console is 
userspace-ish in that no one has asked for monochrome support yet. So 
it's not there. We could add it if it's ever needed.

Best regards
Thomas

> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                          Geert
> 
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org
> 
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
>                                  -- Linus Torvalds

-- 
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
(HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
Geschäftsführer: Ivo Totev

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