[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Helge as fbdev maintainer
Gerd Hoffmann
kraxel at redhat.com
Mon Jan 17 12:57:16 UTC 2022
Hi,
> b) to include new drivers (for old hardware) if they arrive (probably happens rarely but there can be).
> I know of at least one driver which won't be able to support DRM....
Hmm? I seriously doubt that. There is always the option to use a
shadow framebuffer, then convert from standard drm formats to whatever
esoteric pixel format your hardware expects.
Been there, done that. Have a look at the cirrus driver. The physical
hardware was designed in the early 90-ies, almost 30 years ago. These
days it exists in virtual form only (qemu emulates it). Thanks to the
drm driver it runs wayland just fine even though it has a bunch of
constrains dictated by the hardware design.
take care,
Gerd
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