Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 Jan 2022 15:53:32 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Helge as fbdev maintainer | From | Thomas Zimmermann <> |
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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@linux-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
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