[U-Boot] [PATCH] video: mxc_ipuv3_fb: stash frame buffer pointer in global data.

[Otavio Salvador]

Hello Eric,

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 6:13 PM, Eric Nelson
<eric.nelson at boundarydevices.com> wrote:
> This patch updates the i.MX video driver to store the
> frame-buffer address in the fb_base field of the global
> data structure *gd.
>
> By doing this, you can find the frame buffer address
> using the 'bdinfo' command:
>
>         U-Boot > bdinfo
>         arch_number = 0x00000EB9
>         ...
>         FB base     = 0x4F35F1C0
>
> This is very useful when debugging display connections.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Nelson <eric.nelson at boundarydevices.com>
> ---
>  drivers/video/mxc_ipuv3_fb.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/mxc_ipuv3_fb.c b/drivers/video/mxc_ipuv3_fb.c
> index 3e21fb2..08a94c2 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/mxc_ipuv3_fb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/mxc_ipuv3_fb.c
> @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
>   *
>   * SPDX-License-Identifier:    GPL-2.0+
>   */
> -

Don't remove lines.

>  #include <common.h>
>  #include <asm/errno.h>
> +#include <asm/global_data.h>
>  #include <linux/string.h>
>  #include <linux/list.h>
>  #include <linux/fb.h>
> @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
>  #include "mxcfb.h"
>  #include "ipu_regs.h"
>
> +DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
> +
>  static int mxcfb_map_video_memory(struct fb_info *fbi);
>  static int mxcfb_unmap_video_memory(struct fb_info *fbi);
>
> @@ -415,6 +417,7 @@ static int mxcfb_map_video_memory(struct fb_info *fbi)
>
>         fbi->screen_size = fbi->fix.smem_len;
>
> +       gd->fb_base = fbi->fix.smem_start;

I would add a new line after this. It looks ugly too close of the
comment and memset.

>         /* Clear the screen */
>         memset((char *)fbi->screen_base, 0, fbi->fix.smem_len);

Apart from that, please add my Acked-by.

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