linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] video: Add auxiliary display drivers to Graphics support menu

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Message-ID: <CANiq72=RBUdFdt8=k-AACxXWrbnqfiaiViNUNxvwzGNCDkjwQA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 22 Jul 2023 02:43:55 +0200
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Jacek Lawrynowicz <jacek.lawrynowicz@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jeffrey Hugo <quic_jhugo@...cinc.com>,
        Nipun Gupta <nipun.gupta@....com>,
        Oded Gabbay <ogabbay@...nel.org>,
        Pieter Jansen van Vuuren <pieter.jansen-van-vuuren@....com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] video: Add auxiliary display drivers to Graphics
 support menu

On Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 2:13 AM Javier Martinez Canillas
<javierm@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Oh, interesting. I wonder why that couldn't had been a fbdev driver then
> using FB_VISUAL_MONO01? I'll reword then the commit message before apply
> to the following instead:

It is :)

    .type = FB_TYPE_PACKED_PIXELS,
    .visual = FB_VISUAL_MONO10,

The original distinction was more about having a place where to put
small, simple displays that were not your usual "screen", where you
would typically draw a custom UI, probably controlled with a few
custom buttons, etc.

> Perfect, thanks!

My pleasure!

Cheers,
Miguel