Re: [Embedded-pv-devel] [PATCH] drmif: add ABI for para-virtual DRM/KMS

[Oleksandr Andrushchenko <andr2000@xxxxxxxxx>]

> One thing which I think you should have clarified up front is why
> the existing fbfront is neither sufficient nor possible to extend
> suitably.
Framebuffer device is rather outdated way for Linux user-space
to draw. All modern software expects DRM/KMS drivers and as
a fallback *may* use fbdev. For that reason, there is a demand
on DRM support for guests. So, it doesn't replace fbdev, but rather extend
> Which gets me to a second aspect: The chosen name is
> rather Linux centric - DRM has quite different a meaning in the
> Windows world afaik.
>
Well, that was my intent: define ABI for *Linux DRM/KMS* protocol
That said, it is still possible to implement back or front on Windows
with this protocol if need be

> And then a more general request: Please stop deleting all context
> of the mails you reply to. As much as keeping all context (especially
> when replying to long mails), deleting all of it makes reading harder.
>
Sorry about that, I am new to Open Source and sometimes do things wrong ;)
> Jan
>



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Best regards,
Oleksandr Andrushchenko

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