Documentation/fb/api.txt

1 			The Frame Buffer Device API
10 This document describes the frame buffer API used by applications to interact
14 Due to a lack of documentation in the original frame buffer API, drivers
16 the recommended API implementation, but applications should be prepared to
37 The driver supports the four character code (FOURCC) based format setting API.
234 legacy API and the FOURCC-based API.
237 The legacy API has been the only frame buffer format configuration API for a
238 long time and is thus widely used by application. It is the recommended API
280 The FOURCC-based API replaces format descriptions by four character codes
282 without explicitly describing it. This is the only API that supports YUV
283 formats. Drivers are also encouraged to implement the FOURCC-based API for RGB
286 Drivers that support the FOURCC-based API report this capability by setting
299 The red, green, blue and transp fields are not used with the FOURCC-based API.