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author | Russell King <rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk> | 2008-12-29 13:08:11 -0500 |
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committer | Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> | 2008-12-29 13:08:11 -0500 |
commit | 47992cbdaef2f18a47871b2ed01ad27f568c8b73 (patch) | |
tree | bfed4f8c7ea3164afc75a85ab3624586c37c37f4 /Documentation/fb/pxafb.txt | |
parent | 4655a0de36e8e903e99a8d152818e3aae86dae1a (diff) | |
parent | 198fc108ee4c2cd3f08954eae6a819c81c03214b (diff) |
Merge branch 'for-rmk' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ycmiao/pxa-linux-2.6 into devel
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diff --git a/Documentation/fb/pxafb.txt b/Documentation/fb/pxafb.txt index db9b8500b43b..d143a0a749f9 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/pxafb.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/pxafb.txt | |||
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ The driver supports the following options, either via | |||
5 | options=<OPTIONS> when modular or video=pxafb:<OPTIONS> when built in. | 5 | options=<OPTIONS> when modular or video=pxafb:<OPTIONS> when built in. |
6 | 6 | ||
7 | For example: | 7 | For example: |
8 | modprobe pxafb options=mode:640x480-8,passive | 8 | modprobe pxafb options=vmem:2M,mode:640x480-8,passive |
9 | or on the kernel command line | 9 | or on the kernel command line |
10 | video=pxafb:mode:640x480-8,passive | 10 | video=pxafb:vmem:2M,mode:640x480-8,passive |
11 | |||
12 | vmem: VIDEO_MEM_SIZE | ||
13 | Amount of video memory to allocate (can be suffixed with K or M | ||
14 | for kilobytes or megabytes) | ||
11 | 15 | ||
12 | mode:XRESxYRES[-BPP] | 16 | mode:XRESxYRES[-BPP] |
13 | XRES == LCCR1_PPL + 1 | 17 | XRES == LCCR1_PPL + 1 |
@@ -52,3 +56,87 @@ outputen:POLARITY | |||
52 | pixclockpol:POLARITY | 56 | pixclockpol:POLARITY |
53 | pixel clock polarity | 57 | pixel clock polarity |
54 | 0 => falling edge, 1 => rising edge | 58 | 0 => falling edge, 1 => rising edge |
59 | |||
60 | |||
61 | Overlay Support for PXA27x and later LCD controllers | ||
62 | ==================================================== | ||
63 | |||
64 | PXA27x and later processors support overlay1 and overlay2 on-top of the | ||
65 | base framebuffer (although under-neath the base is also possible). They | ||
66 | support palette and no-palette RGB formats, as well as YUV formats (only | ||
67 | available on overlay2). These overlays have dedicated DMA channels and | ||
68 | behave in a similar way as a framebuffer. | ||
69 | |||
70 | However, there are some differences between these overlay framebuffers | ||
71 | and normal framebuffers, as listed below: | ||
72 | |||
73 | 1. overlay can start at a 32-bit word aligned position within the base | ||
74 | framebuffer, which means they have a start (x, y). This information | ||
75 | is encoded into var->nonstd (no, var->xoffset and var->yoffset are | ||
76 | not for such purpose). | ||
77 | |||
78 | 2. overlay framebuffer is allocated dynamically according to specified | ||
79 | 'struct fb_var_screeninfo', the amount is decided by: | ||
80 | |||
81 | var->xres_virtual * var->yres_virtual * bpp | ||
82 | |||
83 | bpp = 16 -- for RGB565 or RGBT555 | ||
84 | = 24 -- for YUV444 packed | ||
85 | = 24 -- for YUV444 planar | ||
86 | = 16 -- for YUV422 planar (1 pixel = 1 Y + 1/2 Cb + 1/2 Cr) | ||
87 | = 12 -- for YUV420 planar (1 pixel = 1 Y + 1/4 Cb + 1/4 Cr) | ||
88 | |||
89 | NOTE: | ||
90 | |||
91 | a. overlay does not support panning in x-direction, thus | ||
92 | var->xres_virtual will always be equal to var->xres | ||
93 | |||
94 | b. line length of overlay(s) must be on a 32-bit word boundary, | ||
95 | for YUV planar modes, it is a requirement for the component | ||
96 | with minimum bits per pixel, e.g. for YUV420, Cr component | ||
97 | for one pixel is actually 2-bits, it means the line length | ||
98 | should be a multiple of 16-pixels | ||
99 | |||
100 | c. starting horizontal position (XPOS) should start on a 32-bit | ||
101 | word boundary, otherwise the fb_check_var() will just fail. | ||
102 | |||
103 | d. the rectangle of the overlay should be within the base plane, | ||
104 | otherwise fail | ||
105 | |||
106 | Applications should follow the sequence below to operate an overlay | ||
107 | framebuffer: | ||
108 | |||
109 | a. open("/dev/fb[1-2]", ...) | ||
110 | b. ioctl(fd, FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO, ...) | ||
111 | c. modify 'var' with desired parameters: | ||
112 | 1) var->xres and var->yres | ||
113 | 2) larger var->yres_virtual if more memory is required, | ||
114 | usually for double-buffering | ||
115 | 3) var->nonstd for starting (x, y) and color format | ||
116 | 4) var->{red, green, blue, transp} if RGB mode is to be used | ||
117 | d. ioctl(fd, FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO, ...) | ||
118 | e. ioctl(fd, FBIOGET_FSCREENINFO, ...) | ||
119 | f. mmap | ||
120 | g. ... | ||
121 | |||
122 | 3. for YUV planar formats, these are actually not supported within the | ||
123 | framebuffer framework, application has to take care of the offsets | ||
124 | and lengths of each component within the framebuffer. | ||
125 | |||
126 | 4. var->nonstd is used to pass starting (x, y) position and color format, | ||
127 | the detailed bit fields are shown below: | ||
128 | |||
129 | 31 23 20 10 0 | ||
130 | +-----------------+---+----------+----------+ | ||
131 | | ... unused ... |FOR| XPOS | YPOS | | ||
132 | +-----------------+---+----------+----------+ | ||
133 | |||
134 | FOR - color format, as defined by OVERLAY_FORMAT_* in pxafb.h | ||
135 | 0 - RGB | ||
136 | 1 - YUV444 PACKED | ||
137 | 2 - YUV444 PLANAR | ||
138 | 3 - YUV422 PLANAR | ||
139 | 4 - YUR420 PLANAR | ||
140 | |||
141 | XPOS - starting horizontal position | ||
142 | YPOS - starting vertical position | ||