# Re: Proposal for a low-level Linux display framework

- From: Daniel Vetter \<hidden\>
- Date: 2011-09-16 14:16:56 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2011/09/3764374
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2011/09/3763871/t.md

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On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 07:55:37PM -0500, Keith Packard wrote:
> I suspect helper functions would be a good model to follow, rather than
> trying to create a whole new device infrastructure; some of the
> communication paths aren't easily separable from the underlying output
> devices.

This. Helper functions make the driver writers life so much easier - if
your hw doesn't quite fit the model, you can usually extend functionality
with much less fuzz than if there's a full framework. This is also pretty
much the reason, why I don't like ttm.
-Daniel
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