Re: [PATCH 0/8] Droid4 DTS update

[Tony Lindgren]

* Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> [170317 04:50]:
> Hi!
> 
> > The mounting-matrix for the sensors and the touchscreen's 
> > rotation assume, that the phone's default rotation is vertical.
> > I think that's sensible, because
> > 
> >  * Android on the phone uses this as default rotation
> >    (like almost? all other phones)
> >  * volume buttons make sense (in horizontal position one
> >    would expect, that left button means lower volume. I
> >    know at least Maemo swaps them)
> > 
> > That should cover all mainline drivers.
> 
> Actually, I'd use orientation with keyboard open (horizontal) -- as
> that's how the console will be orientated (right?) and how the linux
> will be most useful...

Right, so how can we do that by default? I currently have
"fbcon=rotate:1" in cmdline.

BTW, I think with omap4 we have the tiler hardware taking care
of the rotation on omap4, well I have not verified that though.

Regards,

Tony