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+--
+-- Copyright (C) 2015-2016 secunet Security Networks AG
+--
+-- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+-- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+-- the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+--
+-- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+-- GNU General Public License for more details.
+--
+
+with HW.MMIO_Range;
+pragma Elaborate_All (HW.MMIO_Range);
+
+package body HW.GFX.Framebuffer_Filler
+is
+
+   type FB_Index is new Natural range
+      0 .. Natural (Width_Type'Last * Height_Type'Last) - 1;
+   type FB_Range is array (FB_Index) of Word32 with Pack;
+   package FB is new MMIO_Range (0, Word32, FB_Index, FB_Range);
+
+   procedure Fill (Linear_FB : Word64; Framebuffer : Framebuffer_Type)
+   is
+      Line_Start : Int32 := 0;
+   begin
+      FB.Set_Base_Address (Linear_FB);
+      for Line in 0 .. Framebuffer.Height - 1 loop
+         pragma Loop_Invariant (Line_Start = Line * Framebuffer.Stride);
+         for Col in 0 .. Framebuffer.Width - 1 loop
+            pragma Loop_Invariant (Line_Start = Line * Framebuffer.Stride);
+            FB.Write (FB_Index (Line_Start + Col), 16#ff000000#);
+         end loop;
+         Line_Start := Line_Start + Framebuffer.Stride;
+      end loop;
+   end Fill;
+
+end HW.GFX.Framebuffer_Filler;