Is the dispmanx API still supported by vc4-fkms-v3d?

[inspector71]

I read the fake vc4-fkms-v3d video driver still enables access to the dispmanx API. Whereas the vc4-kms-v3d driver, the default I believe, no longer supports the dispmanx API.

Could anyone confirm if the vc4-fkms-v3d (f is for fake) driver enables the dispmanx API to live on for a while yet, at least?

I ask because it would be great to get dispmanx_vnc ported to newer systems that default to the vc4-kms-v3d driver and thus claim the likes of dispmanx_vnc have no future.

[AndrewFromMelbourne]

@inspector71, I don't have a definitive answer. I have no affiliation with the Raspberry Pi companies.

I suspect that FKMS will not be supported in the long term. The Raspberry Pi 5 cannot use FKMS. There is no way to use DispmanX on a Raspberry Pi 5, so I don't think there will be a reason to keep supporting FKMS. This is just a guess and you might get a better answer by asking on the Raspberry Pi forum.

I am no longer developing this repository and I am thinking of archiving it.

[inspector71]

Thanks for your thoughts Andrew :)