Re: Re HDMI transmitter interface

[Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost>]

On Sep 23, 2014, at 11:24 AM, Christoph Egger <christoph_egger%gmx.de@localhost> wrote:

> Am 23.09.14 um 17:26 schrieb Matt Thomas:
>> 
>> On Sep 23, 2014, at 6:47 AM, Taylor R Campbell <riastradh%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:
>> 
>>> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 15:41:25 +0200
>>> From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 01:38:53PM +0000, Taylor R Campbell wrote:
>>>> If it's GPL, we can make kernel modules.
>>> 
>>> That is not very practical for display drivers on platforms like Manuel
>>> is working on.
>>> 
>>> Why not?  Can't the boot loader load modules?
>> 
>> No, arm is typically only monolithic kernels.  There is no NetBSD bootloader,
>> just u-boot or similar.
>> 
> 
> AFAIK arm has a device tree in the firmware you use to load modules.

That device tree, if present, is presented only to linux kernels.  And it
will not help you load modules since u-boot will not assist with that.