[PATCH] allow 32bpp framebuffers for cirrus drm

Gerd Hoffmann kraxel at redhat.com
Tue Oct 28 02:09:24 PDT 2014


On Mo, 2014-10-27 at 22:09 +0000, Zachary Reizner wrote:
> ajax,
> What do you mean by a pci revision id bump? Do you want it in qemu or
> the kernel? Why is a revision bump needed when none of the behavior of
> the cirrus device has changed?

revision bump would be needed when adding a new interface (not present
in real hardware) to allow for larger pitches, so you could use 32bpp
with the default (1024x768) resolution.

>         I heartily agree, people should stop using cirrus.  And qemu
>         should stop
>         defaulting to it.  Since neither has happened yet, enhancing
>         the
>         emulation holds the promise of making the future better...

I'll try flip the default.  That is more sane than pimping up the cirrus
emulation.

cheers,
  Gerd





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