Using Xilinx Framebuffer on ML405 and 2.6.20.4

[Lorenz Kolb]

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> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:58:13 +0400
> From: Andrei Konovalov <akonovalov at ru.mvista.com>
> Subject: Re: Using Xilinx Framebuffer on ML405 and 2.6.20.4
> To: Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>
> Cc: linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org
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> Grant Likely wrote:
>> On 4/24/07, Peter Mendham <petermendham at computing.dundee.ac.uk> wrote:
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I am wanting to use the Xilinx TFT controller from the ML403/5 reference
>>> project (probably from ML300 as well) under a 2.6.20.4 kernel.  I have
>>> Grant Likely's patchset applied in which there is a platform device
>>> entry for the framebuffer.  Does anyone know if there is mainline
>>> support for the Xilinx-style framebuffer?  If so, how do I enable it?  I
>>> have included framebuffer support in my kernel build, but I assume I
>>> need a driver also? Any tips greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> Heh, I've got a driver.  I just haven't published it yet.  Give me a few
days...
>> 
>> g.
>> 
>
> We have one too :)

To be continued: we have one too :)
I guess fb support is too simple, as too many people have wrote that driver
...

Greetings,

Lorenz