Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Helge as fbdev maintainer

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Gerd,

On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 7:30 AM Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Also note that using a shadow framebuffer allows to decouple fbcon
> updates and scanout framebuffer updates.  Can be used to speed up
> things without depending on the 2d blitter.

Assuming accesses to the shadow frame buffer are faster than accesses
to the scanout frame buffer. While this is true on modern hardware,
this is not the case on all hardware.  Especially if the shadow frame
buffer has a higher depth (XRGB8888) than the scanout frame buffer
(e.g. Cn)...

The funny thing is that the systems we are interested in, once used
to be known for their graphics capabilities and/or performance...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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