From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from out4.bezeqint.net ([192.115.188.213]) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1RDWJY-0002ts-Kf for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:59:49 +0000 Message-ID: <4E93E95D.7040001@wellsense-tech.com> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:59:41 +0200 From: Boaz Ben-David MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <201103081635.29082.marc@cpdesign.com.au> <39A4B204C321D34DA3490E3B119D5A6C68C006F8A4@SBS2008.wellsense.local> <20110308071058.GB22012@jasper.tkos.co.il> <4DE1E2FA.1090907@wellsense-tech.com> <20110529063350.GB32378@jasper.tkos.co.il> <4DE1F253.4050504@wellsense-tech.com> <20110529072803.GE32378@jasper.tkos.co.il> <4E9148E5.6070102@wellsense-tech.com> <20111010044451.GA28707@sapphire.tkos.co.il> <4E93E4F4.8040604@wellsense-tech.com> <20111011065419.GL18273@pengutronix.de> <4E93E8CB.1040504@wellsense-tech.com> In-Reply-To: <4E93E8CB.1040504@wellsense-tech.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Sender: barebox-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: iMX35 3stack framebuffer problem To: Robert Schwebel Cc: "barebox@lists.infradead.org" On 10/11/11 08:57, Boaz Ben-David wrote: > On 10/11/11 08:54, Robert Schwebel wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 08:40:52AM +0200, Boaz Ben-David wrote: >>> Yes, I didn't mention it, but I tried your suggestion. It works >>> (meaning there's no flicker) but >>> >>> the problem is that the screen is blank for about 8 seconds before I >>> have control again to init it. >>> >>> People here said they prefer flicker over 8 seconds of blank time... >> This is why we have a framebuffer / video driver framework in Barebox. >> We do not have a driver for MX35 yet, but that could of course be >> changed. >> >> On the other hand, I'm wondering why it needs 8 s until you see >> something on the Linux side. We have an MX35 system here which runs at >> 532 MHz, and it needs about 1 s from power-on into Linux userspace, so >> we decided to show the splash screen from there. >> >> rsc The kernel size is almost 5MB (it includes an initramfs). 8 seconds are from the time I call "bootm uImage" and until the init script in the initramfs kicks in. If I can seriously shorten this time I will be glad to know, maybe there's something I missed. Any input will be appreciated. Thanks, Boaz. _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox