From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762916AbXGNTCJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:02:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760199AbXGNTB6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:01:58 -0400 Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.185]:19239 "EHLO rv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759758AbXGNTB6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:01:58 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:x-google-sender-auth; b=IymSNZsKPrvdoD5MdSTEzm5miO6mtMG8Qs3HC1YzqLAftxI1UGDYqVe3Unoj5tvYFUQI7fsxdMtO8TecHk7jooNs/QBliNEpDEmT7XTryv6B3Kpd87RXKEztJvewiW1cwOQ650LTuuHzJ/YhTXpyUUK8yW5VocxXAhKJ75ZQ5cA= Message-ID: <76366b180707141201u14585c2eyeb58f0b7b279ea1b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:01:56 -0400 From: "Andrew Paprocki" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Geode GX framebuffer driver: Arcom vs. AMD MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Google-Sender-Auth: 930055c6b1eb7dac Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Is there any reason why the GPL framebuffer driver for the GX/GX1/LX directly from AMD is not integrated into the kernel and only a custom driver for only the GX/GX1 written by Arcom exists? (drivers/video/geode/*) If you have an LX, the Arcom driver won't work and it is difficult to use AMD's patch for 2.6.11 with a more recent kernel because the drivers/video/geode directory has filename conflicts with files in the patch. If there are no issues preventing its inclusion, would updated patches be accepted to switch to AMD's framebuffer driver? The AMD patches would need to be combined to support all three platforms in the driver dir, all sitting on top of the Cimarron HAL installed in lib/cimarron. The entire AMD LX patch for 2.6.11 is here: http://www.amd.com/files/connectivitysolutions/geode/geode_lx/Patches_Linux2.6.11_Common_02.03.0100.patch The relevant parts are: drivers/video/geode/* lib/cimarron/* Thanks, -Andrew