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

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 18.01.22 um 09:10 schrieb 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...

What I still don't understand: why are you so keen on maintaining an 
interface that only serves the console? Nothing else uses fbdev these 
days. Why not improve DRM/userspace to the point where it fits your 
requirements? Long-term, the latter would make a lot more sense.

Best regards
Thomas

> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
>                          Geert
>
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> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
>                                  -- Linus Torvalds

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Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
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