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diff --git a/doc/driver-model/UDM-video.txt b/doc/driver-model/UDM-video.txt deleted file mode 100644 index e67e9e4..0000000 --- a/doc/driver-model/UDM-video.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,74 +0,0 @@ -The U-Boot Driver Model Project -=============================== -Video output analysis -===================== -Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com> -2012-02-20 - -I) Overview ------------ - -The video drivers are most often registered with video subsystem. This subsystem -often expects to be allowed access to framebuffer of certain parameters. This -subsystem also provides calls for STDIO subsystem to allow it to output -characters on the screen. For this part, see [ UDM-stdio.txt ]. - -Therefore the API has two parts, the video driver part and the part where the -video driver core registers with STDIO API. - -The video driver part will follow the current cfb_console approach, though -allowing it to be more dynamic. - -II) Approach ------------- - -Registering the video driver into the video driver core is done by calling the -following function from the driver probe() function: - - video_device_register(struct instance *i, GraphicDevice *gd); - -Because the video driver core is in charge or rendering characters as well as -bitmaps on the screen, it will in turn call stdio_device_register(i, so), where -"i" is the same instance as the video driver's one. But "so" will be special -static struct stdio_device_ops handling the character output. - - -III) Analysis of in-tree drivers --------------------------------- - - arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/video.c - ------------------------------- - This driver copies the cfb_console [ see drivers/video/cfb_console.c ] - approach and acts only as a STDIO device. Therefore there are currently two - possible approaches, first being the conversion of this driver to usual STDIO - device and second, long-term one, being conversion of this driver to video - driver that provides console. - - arch/x86/lib/video.c - -------------------- - This driver registers two separate STDIO devices and should be therefore - converted as such. - - board/bf527-ezkit/video.c - ------------------------- - This driver seems bogus as it behaves as STDIO device, but provides no input - or output capabilities. It relies on DEV_EXT_VIDEO, which is no longer in use - or present otherwise than as a dead code/define. - - board/bf533-stamp/video.c - ------------------------- - This driver seems bogus as it behaves as STDIO device, but provides no input - or output capabilities. It relies on DEV_EXT_VIDEO, which is no longer in use - or present otherwise than as a dead code/define. - - board/bf548-ezkit/video.c - ------------------------- - This driver seems bogus as it behaves as STDIO device, but provides no input - or output capabilities. It relies on DEV_EXT_VIDEO, which is no longer in use - or present otherwise than as a dead code/define. - - board/cm-bf548/video.c - ---------------------- - This driver seems bogus as it behaves as STDIO device, but provides no input - or output capabilities. It relies on DEV_EXT_VIDEO, which is no longer in use - or present otherwise than as a dead code/define. |