[meta-freescale] yocto, linux-fslc and xorg

[Vanhauwaert Wouter]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fabio Estevam [mailto:festevam at gmail.com]
> Sent: maandag 16 september 2013 14:52
> To: Otavio Salvador
> Cc: Vanhauwaert Wouter; meta-freescale at yoctoproject.org
> Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] yocto, linux-fslc and xorg
> 
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Otavio Salvador <otavio at ossystems.com.br>
> wrote:
> 
> > For now, you will need to use xf86-video-fbdev. Currently kernel
> > mainline does not have support for AMD GPU.
> 
> Right, so when using the mainline kernel we need to use the same XSERVER
> settings as in the mx28 case, right?
> 
> --- a/conf/machine/include/imx-base.inc
> +++ b/conf/machine/include/imx-base.inc
> @@ -20,12 +20,9 @@ UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT_mx6  = "0x10008000"
>  UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT_mx6sl = "0x80008000"
>  UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT_vf60 = "0x80008000"
> 
> -XSERVER_DRIVER = "xf86-video-fbdev"
> -XSERVER_DRIVER_mx5 = "xf86-video-imxfb"
> -XSERVER_DRIVER_mx6 = "xf86-video-imxfb-vivante"
>  XSERVER = "xserver-xorg \
>             xf86-input-evdev \
> -           ${XSERVER_DRIVER}"
> +           xf86-video-fbdev"
> 

What is de drawback in using the fbdev driver in stead of the imxfb driver?