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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 00/12] video: da8xx-fb: am335x DT support
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On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 6:27 AM, Mohammed, Afzal <afzal@ti.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 00:15:09, Rob Clark wrote:
>
>> > Wouldn't it be better to delete da8xx-fb.* and switch to Rob Clarks DRM based driver for this IP block?
>
>> we probably can't delete da8xx-fb, but I think it would be ok to only
>> use it for legacy platforms not yet ported to DT.
>
> We can't remove da8xx-fb as DA830 is a non-DT one and DA850 is only gaining
> DT support.
>
> And Rob,
>
> I am not familiar with drm setup, would all the user space frame buffer based
> applications work as is with drm driver?

drm does provide a legacy fbdev interface (needed for fbcon, for
example). I don't think da8xx-fb has any custom ioctls, so probably
what drm provides should be enough.

BR,
-R

> Regards
> Afzal


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