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author | inmarket <andrewh@inmarket.com.au> | 2016-02-10 13:54:41 +1000 |
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committer | inmarket <andrewh@inmarket.com.au> | 2016-02-10 13:54:41 +1000 |
commit | 3847f54dae60c10268c054590859ad20f95b54a1 (patch) | |
tree | 301ad4aed98ce5bc39e14163fa6b84b039c307ea /boards/base/RaspberryPi/readme.txt | |
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diff --git a/boards/base/RaspberryPi/readme.txt b/boards/base/RaspberryPi/readme.txt index d4a59bf2..6ff2246f 100644 --- a/boards/base/RaspberryPi/readme.txt +++ b/boards/base/RaspberryPi/readme.txt @@ -1,15 +1,20 @@ -This directory contains the interface for the Raspberry Pi framebuffer. +This directory contains the interface for the Raspberry Pi direct hardware framebuffer. This talks directly to the raspberry pi hardware (not via a linux framebuffer driver). +If you are using linux on the Pi then consider using the linux-X or the linux-Framebuffer +board definitions instead of this one. This is really designed for non-Linux platforms +or where there is no linux display driver available. It will still work under linux but +the other solutions might be better. + This graphics interface is software driven - it is not an accelerated interface. -This board definition should work on any operating system that will work on the Raspberry Pi - eg. Linux, FreeRTOS. +The board definition should work on any operating system that will work on the Raspberry Pi + eg. Linux, FreeRTOS, FreeBSD. On this board uGFX currently supports: - GDISP via the framebuffer driver -THe following variables may optionally be defined in your gfxconf.h or your makefile... +The following variables may optionally be defined in your gfxconf.h or your makefile... - GDISP_LLD_PIXELFORMAT default = GDISP_PIXELFORMAT_RGB565 - GDISP_SCREEN_WIDTH default = 800 - GDISP_SCREEN_HEIGHT default = 600 |