GSoC Status update : BBB Framebuffer Project

[Vijay Kumar Banerjee]

On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 1:17 AM Vijay Kumar Banerjee <
vijaykumar9597 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 1:09 AM Christian Mauderer <list at c-mauderer.de>
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>> Hello Vijay,
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>> On 24/07/2019 18:14, Vijay Kumar Banerjee wrote:
>> > Hello all,
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>> > This is a mail to update my weekly status since the meeting got
>> > canceled this week.
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>> Sorry for that.
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>> > Progress:
>> > * Completed mmap patch
>> > : https://lists.rtems.org/pipermail/devel/2019-July/026680.html
>> > This patch is pending approval. I'm not sure if it was supposed
>> > to be merged or will it be merged after some test runs in fb or
>> > PRU?
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>> I haven't tested the patch yet. I'll try to do that in the next few
>> days. Sebastian reviewed it quite well so I think as soon as I've seen
>> the test run on one or two platforms I can merge it. Same is true for
>> your documentation patch that fixes the typos.
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>> > * Added documentation for Beagle BSP
>> > * Sent Patch for documenting Device
>> > Tree: https://lists.rtems.org/pipermail/devel/2019-July/026775.html
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>> > Blocker:
>> > The Initialization is still not fixed. Christian ordered a display cape
>> > and will test without HDMI.
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>> The display arrived today. Although still a bit distorted, I get at
>> least an output on FreeBSD with an adapted device tree. Bad news is: No
>> output with your fb-sample. The backlight didn't light up (which is
>> expected) and I don't get any output if I search with a flashlight. I'll
>> try to hack in a backlight soon but normally if there is something on
>> the screen it should be at least slightly visible with enough light.
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>> > Next:
>> > I'm a bit short of ideas and waiting for feedback from Christian about
>> > the test using cape. Meanwhile, I'm trying to write a few docs. Also
>> > wrote blog on how to write an application in libbsd for the wider
>> audience.
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>> That's a good gap filler and it's great and useful if you contribute to
>> the documentation. But at least the first tests with the display didn't
>> give much results. So most likely you should try some other methods of
>> analysis. I think you had thought about debugging the FreeBSD kernel to
>> find out the differences?
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>> Thanks for the note. I will get started with the FreeBSD kernel tomorrow
and compile
it and run it through the debugger to see what it does.

Thanks

> Best regards
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>> Christian
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>> > Thanks,
>> > Vijay
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>> PS: Sorry for sending it twice to all directly addressed. I used the
>> wrong "from" address the first time so it didn't reach the list.
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