[U-Boot] [PATCH V3 4/4] video: add a driver for the bcm2835

Anatolij Gustschin agust at denx.de
Fri Nov 9 09:24:01 CET 2012


On Wed,  7 Nov 2012 23:38:33 -0700
Stephen Warren <swarren at wwwdotorg.org> wrote:

> The firmware running on the bcm2835 SoC's VideoCore CPU manages the
> display controller. Add a simple "LCD" driver that communicates with the
> firmware using the property mailbox protocol. This configures the
> display and frame-buffer to match whatever physical resolution the
> firmware chosen when booting, which is typically the native resolution
> of the attached display device, presumably unless otherwise specified
> in config.txt on the boot media.
> 
> Enable this driver in the Raspberry Pi board configuration.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren at wwwdotorg.org>
> ---
> v3: Re-license to GPL-v2 or later. Fix typo in commit description.
> v2: New patch.
> ---
>  drivers/video/Makefile  |    1 +
>  drivers/video/bcm2835.c |  127 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/configs/rpi_b.h |   16 ++++++
>  3 files changed, 144 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/video/bcm2835.c

Acked-by: Anatolij Gustschin <agust at denx.de>


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