Re: [beagleboard] Include fbTFT in the mainline Linux kernel

2014-12-23 Thread William Hermans
Which is where the porting would come in handy. . . . On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 7:21 AM, Newton thom0...@gmail.com wrote: Le samedi 20 décembre 2014 01:38:56 UTC+1, RobertCNelson a écrit : On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Newton thom...@gmail.com wrote: Le vendredi 19 décembre 2014

Re: [beagleboard] Include fbTFT in the mainline Linux kernel

2014-12-20 Thread Newton
Le samedi 20 décembre 2014 01:38:56 UTC+1, RobertCNelson a écrit : On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Newton thom...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Le vendredi 19 décembre 2014 05:45:40 UTC+1, William Hermans a écrit : Well considering the rPI is armv5 versus armv7 on the

Re: [beagleboard] Include fbTFT in the mainline Linux kernel

2014-12-19 Thread Newton
Le vendredi 19 décembre 2014 05:45:40 UTC+1, William Hermans a écrit : Well considering the rPI is armv5 versus armv7 on the beaglebone black . . . You probably have some porting to do. On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Newton thom...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Any News ? I tried to

Re: [beagleboard] Include fbTFT in the mainline Linux kernel

2014-12-19 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Newton thom0...@gmail.com wrote: Le vendredi 19 décembre 2014 05:45:40 UTC+1, William Hermans a écrit : Well considering the rPI is armv5 versus armv7 on the beaglebone black . . . You probably have some porting to do. On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 6:34 PM,

Re: [beagleboard] Include fbTFT in the mainline Linux kernel

2014-12-18 Thread Newton
Any News ? I tried to compile the kernel(3.8) by myself with fbtft without any success :/ Le lundi 15 décembre 2014 02:32:40 UTC+1, Newton a écrit : I have not tested it yet (I'll probably do it soon, but must I learn about kernel compilation etc), so I can not real advise you. Anyway

Re: [beagleboard] Include fbTFT in the mainline Linux kernel

2014-12-18 Thread William Hermans
Well considering the rPI is armv5 versus armv7 on the beaglebone black . . . You probably have some porting to do. On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Newton thom0...@gmail.com wrote: Any News ? I tried to compile the kernel(3.8) by myself with fbtft without any success :/ Le lundi 15 décembre

Re: [beagleboard] Include fbTFT in the mainline Linux kernel

2014-12-18 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Newton thom0...@gmail.com wrote: Any News ? I tried to compile the kernel(3.8) by myself with fbtft without any success :/ I'm still waiting for hardware. ;) So i haven't touched it yet. Regards, -- Robert Nelson http://www.rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options,

[beagleboard] Include fbTFT in the mainline Linux kernel

2014-12-14 Thread Newton
Hello, I think it's a good idea to include fbTFT drivers into the mainline Linux kernel(the Beaglebone fork of course). This will permit the use of low-cost screens more easily. Because Actually except for official capes it is really hard to develop with screens, and generally with objects non

Re: [beagleboard] Include fbTFT in the mainline Linux kernel

2014-12-14 Thread Robert Nelson
On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Newton thom0...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I think it's a good idea to include fbTFT drivers into the mainline Linux kernel(the Beaglebone fork of course). This will permit the use of low-cost screens more easily. Because Actually except for official capes it is

Re: [beagleboard] Include fbTFT in the mainline Linux kernel

2014-12-14 Thread Robert Nelson
On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Newton thom0...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I think it's a good idea to include fbTFT drivers into the mainline Linux kernel(the Beaglebone fork of course). This will permit the use of

Re: [beagleboard] Include fbTFT in the mainline Linux kernel

2014-12-14 Thread Newton
I have not tested it yet (I'll probably do it soon, but must I learn about kernel compilation etc), so I can not real advise you. Anyway thank you for responding so quickly and sorry for syntax errors in my first post I did not read me: p Le lundi 15 décembre 2014 01:20:39 UTC+1, RobertCNelson