# Re: \[RFC 1/6\] fbdev: simplefb: add init through platform\_data

- From: Stephen Warren \<hidden\>
- Date: 2013-06-26 20:39:22 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2013/06/4073899
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/dri-devel/2013/06/4072197/t.md

```text
On 06/24/2013 04:27 PM, David Herrmann wrote:
> If we create proper platform-devices in x86 boot-code, we can use simplefb
> for VBE or EFI framebuffers, too. However, there is normally no OF support
> so we introduce a platform_data object so x86 boot-code can pass the
> paramaters via plain old platform-data.
> 
> This also removes the OF dependency as it is not needed. The headers
> provide proper dummies for the case OF is disabled.
> 
> Furthermore, we move the FORMAT-definitions to the common platform header
> so initialization code can use it to transform "struct screen_info" to
> the right format-name.

> diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/simplefb.h b/include/linux/platform_data/simplefb.h

> +/* the framebuffer size and location is available as IORESOURCE_MEM */
> +struct simplefb_platform_data {
> +	u32 width;
> +	u32 height;
> +	u32 stride;
> +	char format[64];
> +};

Any reason not to make format:

const char *format;

You should be able to initialize that just as easily in platform code,
either as static data or at runtime, I think.
```