On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 01:58:36PM -0600, Stephen Warren wrote:

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

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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.

Ah ok, i hadn't immediately found a tie with the lcd code and cfbconsole 
code, so apparently i didn't dig down far enough.

Luc Verhaegen.