Sl6000 Hardware Accelerated Display?, Anyone figured out how to use it? Options

[cwaig]

I've been looking at the kernel source for the SL6000's framebuffer driver, and I can see an API provided to access the hardware acceleration - but it's documentation is pretty much zero

The only example of it being actually used in the driver itself is the tc6393_clear_screen() function, that uses the hardware rectangle fill to clear the screen. There's a very interesting looking command set provided in the tc6393fb.h file, and an ioctl provided to pass lists of commands to the graphics hardware for processing - but the actual commands (although defined) aren't actually documented

The clear screen example in the driver is
static u32 cmd[6];
cmd[0] = PXAIO_COMDI_DSADR|PXAIO_COMDD_DSADR(((int)remapped_fbuf));
cmd[1] = PXAIO_COMDI_DHPIX|PXAIO_COMDD_DHPIX(xres - 1);
cmd[2] = PXAIO_COMDI_DVPIX|PXAIO_COMDD_DVPIX(yres - 1);
cmd[3] = PXAIO_COMDI_FILL|PXAIO_COMDD_FILL(0xffff);
cmd[4] = PXAIO_COMDI_FLGO;

Using the ioctl interface to the framebuffer, this would be:
static u32 cmd[6];
cmd[0] = 5;
cmd[1] = PXAIO_COMDI_DSADR|PXAIO_COMDD_DSADR(((int)remapped_fbuf));
cmd[2] = PXAIO_COMDI_DHPIX|PXAIO_COMDD_DHPIX(xres - 1);
cmd[3] = PXAIO_COMDI_DVPIX|PXAIO_COMDD_DVPIX(yres - 1);
cmd[4] = PXAIO_COMDI_FILL|PXAIO_COMDD_FILL(0xffff);
cmd[5] = PXAIO_COMDI_FLGO;
ioctl(fbHandle,TC6393FB_ACC_CMD_WRITE,cmd);

and then I'm guessing that if you want to make sure it's completed before carrying on, you can use:
ioctl(fbHandle,TC6393FB_ACC_SYNC,0);

But the tc6393 looks like it can do blitting as well....I've no idea what the rest of the command API def's actually do though?

And glory be - Toshiba haven't released a datasheet for the chip
When I eventually get my hands on my SL6000 (my wife's hidden it 'til Christmas) I'll start trying some of the commands, see if I can work it out through trial & error.....unless someone else beats me to it of course

SDL would go much quicker with a bit of the ol' hardware accel...

[jcabrer]

Well, it's not the TC6393XB, but it is VERY CLOSE. I hope someone finds this useful. Unlike the TC6387XB, the 6391 has TFT LCD capabilities like the 6393.

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[jgardia]

Well, it's not the TC6393XB, but it is VERY CLOSE.  I hope someone finds this useful.  Unlike the TC6387XB, the 6391 has TFT LCD capabilities like the 6393.

There is a group of people playing with Toshiba PDAs and Linux, and some of them have the TC6393XB chip. They have some technical information in their webpage (http://www.mnementh.co.uk/eseries/).

Maybe this will help.

Jose

[speculatrix]

group of people playing with Toshiba PDAs and Linux, and some of them have the TC6393XB chip. They have some technical information in their webpage (http://www.mnementh.co.uk/eseries/).

Maybe this will help.

I came across this, and it seems their driver made it into the kernel, but nothing about accelerated video... but I must admit, I didn't delve really deeply.

[jgardia]

group of people playing with Toshiba PDAs and Linux, and some of them have the TC6393XB chip. They have some technical information in their webpage (http://www.mnementh.co.uk/eseries/).

Maybe this will help.

I came across this, and it seems their driver made it into the kernel, but nothing about accelerated video... but I must admit, I didn't delve really deeply.

Now I know why. This PDAs are using ATI video chips...