[oe] [RFC] Adding screen dimensions to machine configs

[Dr. Michael Lauer]

Graeme Gregory wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 03:43:03PM +0300, Paul Sokolovsky wrote:
>>   As was pointed out, interpretation of those vars should depend on
>> presence of "screen" in machine features. And yes, then we need to set
>> their bitbake.conf default to 0, so only screen'ed machines specify
>> them.
>> 
>>   Also a note of exact semantics of those vars - they provide *some
>> default* screen resolution and orientation. Actually not some, but the
>> most appropriate after-install default. So, in particular,
>> notebook-style keyboarded devices would have:
>> 
>> MACHINE_DISPLAY_WIDTH_PIXELS=640
>> MACHINE_DISPLAY_HEIGHT_PIXELS=480
>> 
>> A device with vertical PDA layout would have
>> 
>> MACHINE_DISPLAY_WIDTH_PIXELS=480
>> MACHINE_DISPLAY_HEIGHT_PIXELS=640
>> 
> The problem with this interpretation is that although spitz boots and looks
> like it is 640x480 it is in fact 480x640 with rotation. So it may just
> be a mistake in your example that spitz happens to show up. Or it may be
> something that has not been considered.

I agree with Paul's "they provide *some default* screen resolution and
orientation.". Almost all our screen devices can be rotated on-the-fly
anyway. The MACHINE_DISPLAY_ namespace is mainly UI frameworks and
applications, as much as native framebuffer rotations and stuff are
important to know, they're less relevant here.

Regards,

:M:
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