On 08/13/2014 01:25 PM, Luc Verhaegen wrote:

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 08:14:37PM +0100, Grant Likely wrote:

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BTW, Is anyone currently using the simple framebuffer for early
console? For early console we would want to start using it well before
setting up platform devices.

The code that sets up simplefb for sunxi is primarily for providing a
console in u-boot (using the ancient cfbconsole infrastructure). From
what i can tell, the u-boot code for rpi is about showing a splash
screen (using the much newer lcd infrastructure).

There's no splash screen on the Pi in the upstream U-Boot code. The LCD 
displays the U-Boot console/stdout. If USB support for the Pi's USB host 
is ever sent upstream, that will allow the user to use USB/LCD for 
U-Boot control, rather than serial.