This goes contrary to how devicetree usually works, so drop it. Instead if
the firmware needs to be able to find a specific node it should use a
platform specific compatible + properties for this.
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>
Since simplefb nodes do not relate directly to hw typically they have been
placed in the root of the devicetree. As the represent runtime information
having them as sub-nodes of /chosen is more logical, specify this.
Also specify when to set the chosen stdout-path property to a simplefb node.
For reliable handover to a hardware specific driver, that driver needs to
know which simplefb to unregister when taking over, specify how the hw driver
can find the matching simplefb node.
Last add some advice on how to fill and use simplefb nodes from a firmware
pov.
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Acked-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>
A simple-framebuffer node represents a framebuffer setup by the firmware /
bootloader. Such a framebuffer may have a number of clocks in use, add a
property to communicate this to the OS.
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Mike Turquette <mturquette@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Reviewed-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>
Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>
A framebuffer of this format is set up by SHIELD's bootloader.
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
Signed-off-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>
A simple frame-buffer describes a raw memory region that may be rendered
to, with the assumption that the display hardware has already been set
up to scan out from that buffer.
This is useful in cases where a bootloader exists and has set up the
display hardware, but a Linux driver doesn't yet exist for the display
hardware.
Examples use-cases include:
* The built-in LCD panels on the Samsung ARM chromebook, and Tegra
devices, and likely many other ARM or embedded systems. These cannot
yet be supported using a full graphics driver, since the panel control
should be provided by the CDF (Common Display Framework), which has been
stuck in design/review for quite some time. One could support these
panels using custom SoC-specific code, but there is a desire to use
common infra-structure rather than having each SoC vendor invent their
own code, hence the desire to wait for CDF.
* Hardware for which a full graphics driver is not yet available, and
the path to obtain one upstream isn't yet clear. For example, the
Raspberry Pi.
* Any hardware in early stages of upstreaming, before a full graphics
driver has been tackled. This driver can provide a graphical boot
console (even full X support) much earlier in the upstreaming process,
thus making new SoC or board support more generally useful earlier.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: make simplefb_formats[] static]
Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Acked-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
Cc: Rob Clark <robclark@gmail.com>
Cc: Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de>
Cc: Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa@gmail.com>
Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
