FBDEV Is Still (Barely) Alive Within The Linux Kernel

[phoronix]

Phoronix: FBDEV Is Still (Barely) Alive Within The Linux Kernel

Back in 2012 there was a call for deprecating FBDEV within the Linux kernel considering that DRM and V4L2 drivers are much better options. Sadly there hasn't been any formal deprecation of FBDEV in the mainline kernel yet, but its still receiving a few changes each kernel cycle...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=FBDEV-Linux-Kernel-3.20

[Kemosabe]

Etnvaviv MESA driver uses fbdev. The development ceased since late 2014 and i want Xorg/wayland on my wandboard quad somewhat useable.
I am sure there are more drivers out there which use the fbdev as temporary solution.
It's much better than nothing.

[gens]

are the alternatives as simple as this ?

http://xathrya.web.id/blog/2012/10/26/graphic-programming-using-frame-buffer-on-linux/

[jhenke]

What happens to the (U)EFI framebuffer device if fbdev gets deprecated (and removed)? Afaik it is need to see early boot messages on UEFI devices.

[rleigh]

offb

What happens to the (U)EFI framebuffer device if fbdev gets deprecated (and removed)? Afaik it is need to see early boot messages on UEFI devices.

Likewise for the OpenFirmware framebuffer (offb) on powerpc and other OF platforms.

[Chewi]

Etnvaviv MESA driver uses fbdev. The development ceased since late 2014 and i want Xorg/wayland on my wandboard quad somewhat useable.
I am sure there are more drivers out there which use the fbdev as temporary solution.
It's much better than nothing.

There is at least one person trying to make it work more generally using DRM but progress has been painfully slow.

[Kemosabe]

There is at least one person trying to make it work more generally using DRM but progress has been painfully slow.

I hope there is a DRI guy as well . . . i would do it but i lack time and more than that: know-how.