[U-Boot] [PATCH v3] Don't grab memory for LCD if FB address is defined

Albert ARIBAUD albert.u.boot at aribaud.net
Mon Apr 25 09:38:35 CEST 2011


Le 25/04/2011 01:27, Wolfgang Denk a écrit :
> Dear Minkyu Kang,
>
> In message<4D8BE6BD.2090101 at samsung.com>  you wrote:
>> If FB address is defined specific address then don't grab memory for LCD
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Minkyu Kang<mk7.kang at samsung.com>
>> Cc: Albert Aribaud<albert.aribaud at free.fr>
>> Cc: Wolfgang Denk<wd at denx.de>
>> Cc: Stefan Roese<sr at denx.de>
>> Cc: Kim Phillips<kim.phillips at freescale.com>
>> Cc: Andy Fleming<afleming at gmail.com>
>> Cc: Kumar Gala<kumar.gala at freescale.com>
> ...
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/doc/README.fb_addr
>> @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
>> +Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific address for frame buffer.
>> +Then system will reserve the frame buffer address to defined address instead of
>> +lcd_setmem (this function grab the memory for frame buffer by panel's size).
>> +
>> +Please see below code (in board_init_f function from arch/arm/lib/board.c)
>> +
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_FB_ADDR
>> +	gd->fb_base = CONFIG_FB_ADDR;
>> +#else
>> +	/* reserve memory for LCD display (always full pages) */
>> +	addr = lcd_setmem (addr);
>> +	gd->fb_base = addr;
>> +#endif /* CONFIG_FB_ADDR */
>> +
>> +If you want this config option then please define it at your board config file
>> +
>> +#define CONFIG_FB_ADDR		0x00000000
>
> Sorry for the late review, but it makes littel sense to add individual
> README.* files for each and every CONFIG option.  Please add the
> documentation (with a little less verbocity) to the top level README
> instead.

Minkyu: can you provide an quick-updated patch with the doc in the top 
level README? I'll rebase and replace accordingly.

> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk

Amicalement,
-- 
Albert.


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