Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756529AbZGMQYK (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:24:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756473AbZGMQYJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:24:09 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.152]:54235 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756376AbZGMQYI (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:24:08 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=Dqq+JlPSIWykwyfLHPiigA1aoc9GlnNCEiLZo4uABVxuTIaLJJLrJzosKpyDUyAXxu jEcE8HyepDrSdNmSel/sXOvjb1F0CYpWjGrF088CHsFMM5/Mx9Wn1b2zDVsbWKtZ6guf Ejg4WfIKbwfvUe1rF9hgNj97gId8TGG0sY/3k= Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:55:59 +0430 From: Ali Gholami Rudi To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: fbdev , Andrew Morton , Andrea Righi , Krzysztof Helt , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Geert Uytterhoeven , Philippe De Muyter , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] fbdev: add fillrect and copyarea ioctls Message-ID: <20090713162559.GA1279@lilem.mirepesht> References: <20090713151709.GA1297@lilem.mirepesht> <20090713084058.547e88f0@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090713084058.547e88f0@infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-26) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 977 Lines: 23 Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:47:09 +0430 > Ali Gholami Rudi wrote: > > Is there any reason for not adding these ioctls to fbdev? I searched > > the net and couldn't any. Anyway, these patches simply implement > > those ioctls. > > > > can we turn this around, is there a reason to add them? > or in other words, how / where would these be used ? User-space programs that use framebuffer directly can use them. I was writing a simple framebuffer virtual terminal (using libfreetype for fonts; like fbterm); scrolling and painting boxes would be faster if there was someway of using hardware accelerated operations. I think other similar programs can benefit, too. Ali -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/