diff --git a/src/driver/Makefile.am b/src/driver/Makefile.am
index bb7bf09df..3d1c9b216 100644
--- a/src/driver/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/driver/Makefile.am
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ libneutrino_driver_a_SOURCES = \
 	audioplay.cpp \
 	colorgradient.cpp \
 	fade.cpp \
+	fb_accel.cpp \
 	fb_window.cpp \
 	fb_generic.cpp \
 	file.cpp \
@@ -55,4 +56,10 @@ libneutrino_driver_a_SOURCES += \
 	lcdd.cpp
 endif
 
+#if BOXTYPE_SPARK
+#libneutrino_driver_a_SOURCES += \
+#	fb_accel_sti.cpp \
+#	simple_display.cpp
+#endif
+
 libneutrino_driver_netfile_a_SOURCES = netfile.cpp
diff --git a/src/driver/fb_accel.cpp b/src/driver/fb_accel.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8391ab34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/driver/fb_accel.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+	Framebuffer acceleration hardware abstraction functions.
+	The infrastructure for hardware dependent framebuffer acceleration
+	functions are implemented in this class, hardware specific stuff
+	is in derived classes.
+
+	(C) 2017 Stefan Seyfried
+
+	License: GPL
+
+	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; either version 2 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	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.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+	along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <driver/fb_generic.h>
+#include <driver/fb_accel.h>
+
+CFbAccel::CFbAccel()
+{
+};
+
+CFbAccel::~CFbAccel()
+{
+};
+
+void CFbAccel::paintBoxRel(const int x, const int y, const int dx, const int dy, const fb_pixel_t col, int radius, int type)
+{
+	/* draw a filled rectangle (with additional round corners) */
+	if (!getActive())
+		return;
+
+	checkFbArea(x, y, dx, dy, true);
+
+	if (!type || !radius)
+	{
+		paintRect(x, y, dx, dy, col);
+		checkFbArea(x, y, dx, dy, false);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	setCornerFlags(type);
+	/* limit the radius */
+	radius = limitRadius(dx, dy, radius);
+	if (radius < 1)		/* dx or dy = 0... */
+		radius = 1;	/* avoid div by zero below */
+
+	int line = 0;
+	while (line < dy) {
+		int ofl, ofr;
+		if (calcCorners(NULL, &ofl, &ofr, dy, line, radius, type)) {
+			int height = dy - ((corner_tl || corner_tr)?radius: 0 ) - ((corner_bl || corner_br) ? radius : 0);
+			paintRect(x, y + line, dx, height, col);
+			line += height;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (dx - ofr - ofl < 1) {
+			//printf("FB-NG::%s:%d x %d y %d dx %d dy %d l %d r %d\n", __func__, __LINE__, x,y,dx,dy, ofl, ofr);
+			line++;
+			continue;
+		}
+		paintLine(x + ofl, y + line, x + dx - ofr, y + line, col);
+		line++;
+	}
+	checkFbArea(x, y, dx, dy, false);
+	mark(x, y, x+dx, y+dy);
+}
+
+void CFbAccel::paintRect(const int x, const int y, const int dx, const int dy, const fb_pixel_t col)
+{
+	int line = 0;
+	int swidth = stride / sizeof(fb_pixel_t);
+	fb_pixel_t *fbp = getFrameBufferPointer() + (swidth * y);
+	int pos;
+	while (line < dy)
+	{
+		for (pos = x; pos < x + dx; pos++)
+			*(fbp + pos) = col;
+		fbp += swidth;
+		line++;
+	}
+	mark(x, y, x+dx, y+dy);
+	blit();
+}
diff --git a/src/driver/fb_accel.h b/src/driver/fb_accel.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af73b76ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/driver/fb_accel.h
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+	Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Stefan Seyfried
+
+	License: GPL
+
+	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; either version 2 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	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.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+	along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+	private functions for the fbaccel class (only used in CFrameBuffer)
+*/
+
+
+#ifndef __fbaccel__
+#define __fbaccel__
+#include <config.h>
+#include <OpenThreads/Mutex>
+#include <OpenThreads/ScopedLock>
+#include <OpenThreads/Thread>
+#include <OpenThreads/Condition>
+#include "fb_generic.h"
+
+#if HAVE_SPARK_HARDWARE
+#define PARTIAL_BLIT 1
+#endif
+
+class CFbAccel
+	: public CFrameBuffer
+{
+	public:
+		CFbAccel();
+		~CFbAccel();
+		void paintBoxRel(const int x, const int y, const int dx, const int dy, const fb_pixel_t col, int radius, int type);
+		virtual void paintRect(const int x, const int y, const int dx, const int dy, const fb_pixel_t col);
+};
+
+class CFbAccelSTi
+	: public OpenThreads::Thread, public CFbAccel
+{
+	private:
+		void run(void);
+		void blit(void);
+		void _blit(void);
+		bool blit_thread;
+		bool blit_pending;
+		OpenThreads::Condition blit_cond;
+		OpenThreads::Mutex blit_mutex;
+		fb_pixel_t *backbuffer;
+#ifdef PARTIAL_BLIT
+		struct {
+			int xs;
+			int ys;
+			int xe;
+			int ye;
+		} to_blit;
+		uint32_t last_xres;
+#endif
+	public:
+		CFbAccelSTi();
+		~CFbAccelSTi();
+		void init(const char * const);
+		int setMode(unsigned int xRes, unsigned int yRes, unsigned int bpp);
+		void paintRect(const int x, const int y, const int dx, const int dy, const fb_pixel_t col);
+		void blit2FB(void *fbbuff, uint32_t width, uint32_t height, uint32_t xoff, uint32_t yoff, uint32_t xp, uint32_t yp, bool transp);
+		void waitForIdle(const char *func = NULL);
+		void mark(int x, int y, int dx, int dy);
+		fb_pixel_t * getBackBufferPointer() const;
+		void setBlendMode(uint8_t);
+		void setBlendLevel(int);
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/driver/fb_accel_sti.cpp b/src/driver/fb_accel_sti.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..446fc3828
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/driver/fb_accel_sti.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,655 @@
+/*
+	Framebuffer acceleration hardware abstraction functions.
+	The hardware dependent framebuffer acceleration functions for STi chips
+	are represented in this class.
+
+	(C) 2017 Stefan Seyfried
+
+	License: GPL
+
+	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; either version 2 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	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.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+	along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <driver/fb_generic.h>
+#include <driver/fb_accel.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <memory.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+
+#include <linux/kd.h>
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include <linux/stmfb.h>
+#include <bpamem.h>
+
+#include <driver/abstime.h>
+#include <system/set_threadname.h>
+
+/* note that it is *not* enough to just change those values */
+#define DEFAULT_XRES 1280
+#define DEFAULT_YRES 720
+#define DEFAULT_BPP  32
+
+#define LOGTAG "[fb_accel_sti] "
+static int bpafd = -1;
+static size_t lbb_sz = 1920 * 1080;	/* offset from fb start in 'pixels' */
+static size_t lbb_off = lbb_sz * sizeof(fb_pixel_t);	/* same in bytes */
+static int backbuf_sz = 0;
+
+void CFbAccelSTi::waitForIdle(const char *)
+{
+#if 0	/* blits too often and does not seem to be necessary */
+	blit_mutex.lock();
+	if (blit_pending)
+	{
+		blit_mutex.unlock();
+		_blit();
+		return;
+	}
+	blit_mutex.unlock();
+#endif
+	OpenThreads::ScopedLock<OpenThreads::Mutex> m_lock(mutex);
+	ioctl(fd, STMFBIO_SYNC_BLITTER);
+}
+
+CFbAccelSTi::CFbAccelSTi()
+{
+	fb_name = "STx7xxx framebuffer";
+}
+
+void CFbAccelSTi::init(const char * const)
+{
+	blit_thread = false;
+	CFrameBuffer::init();
+	if (lfb == NULL) {
+		printf(LOGTAG "CFrameBuffer::init() failed.\n");
+		return; /* too bad... */
+	}
+	available = fix.smem_len;
+	printf(LOGTAG "%dk video mem\n", available / 1024);
+	memset(lfb, 0, available);
+
+	lbb = lfb;	/* the memory area to draw to... */
+	if (available < 12*1024*1024)
+	{
+		/* for old installations that did not upgrade their module config
+		 * it will still work good enough to display the message below */
+		fprintf(stderr, "[neutrino] WARNING: not enough framebuffer memory available!\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "[neutrino]          I need at least 12MB.\n");
+		FILE *f = fopen("/tmp/infobar.txt", "w");
+		if (f) {
+			fprintf(f, "NOT ENOUGH FRAMEBUFFER MEMORY!");
+			fclose(f);
+		}
+		lbb_sz = 0;
+		lbb_off = 0;
+	}
+	lbb = lfb + lbb_sz;
+	bpafd = open("/dev/bpamem0", O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
+	if (bpafd < 0)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, "[neutrino] FB: cannot open /dev/bpamem0: %m\n");
+		return;
+	}
+	backbuf_sz = 1280 * 720 * sizeof(fb_pixel_t);
+	BPAMemAllocMemData bpa_data;
+	bpa_data.bpa_part = (char *)"LMI_VID";
+	bpa_data.mem_size = backbuf_sz;
+	int res;
+	res = ioctl(bpafd, BPAMEMIO_ALLOCMEM, &bpa_data);
+	if (res)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, "[neutrino] FB: cannot allocate from bpamem: %m\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "backbuf_sz: %d\n", backbuf_sz);
+		close(bpafd);
+		bpafd = -1;
+		return;
+	}
+	close(bpafd);
+
+	char bpa_mem_device[30];
+	sprintf(bpa_mem_device, "/dev/bpamem%d", bpa_data.device_num);
+	bpafd = open(bpa_mem_device, O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
+	if (bpafd < 0)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, "[neutrino] FB: cannot open secondary %s: %m\n", bpa_mem_device);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	backbuffer = (fb_pixel_t *)mmap(0, bpa_data.mem_size, PROT_WRITE|PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, bpafd, 0);
+	if (backbuffer == MAP_FAILED)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, "[neutrino] FB: cannot map from bpamem: %m\n");
+		ioctl(bpafd, BPAMEMIO_FREEMEM);
+		close(bpafd);
+		bpafd = -1;
+		return;
+	}
+#ifdef PARTIAL_BLIT
+	to_blit.xs = to_blit.ys = INT_MAX;
+	to_blit.xe = to_blit.ye = 0;
+	last_xres = 0;
+#endif
+
+	/* start the autoblit-thread (run() function) */
+	OpenThreads::Thread::start();
+};
+
+CFbAccelSTi::~CFbAccelSTi()
+{
+	if (blit_thread)
+	{
+		blit_thread = false;
+		blit(); /* wakes up the thread */
+		OpenThreads::Thread::join();
+	}
+	if (backbuffer)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, LOGTAG "unmap backbuffer\n");
+		munmap(backbuffer, backbuf_sz);
+	}
+	if (bpafd != -1)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, LOGTAG "BPAMEMIO_FREEMEM\n");
+		ioctl(bpafd, BPAMEMIO_FREEMEM);
+		close(bpafd);
+	}
+	if (lfb)
+		munmap(lfb, available);
+	if (fd > -1)
+		close(fd);
+}
+
+void CFbAccelSTi::paintRect(const int x, const int y, const int dx, const int dy, const fb_pixel_t col)
+{
+	if (dx <= 0 || dy <= 0)
+		return;
+
+	// The STM blitter introduces considerable overhead probably not worth for single lines. --martii
+	if (dx == 1) {
+		waitForIdle();
+		fb_pixel_t *fbs = getFrameBufferPointer() + (DEFAULT_XRES * y) + x;
+		fb_pixel_t *fbe = fbs + DEFAULT_XRES * dy;
+		while (fbs < fbe) {
+			*fbs = col;
+			fbs += DEFAULT_XRES;
+		}
+		mark(x , y, x + 1, y + dy);
+		return;
+	}
+	if (dy == 1) {
+		waitForIdle();
+		fb_pixel_t *fbs = getFrameBufferPointer() + (DEFAULT_XRES * y) + x;
+		fb_pixel_t *fbe = fbs + dx;
+		while (fbs < fbe)
+			*fbs++ = col;
+		mark(x , y, x + dx, y + 1);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* function has const parameters, so copy them here... */
+	int width = dx;
+	int height = dy;
+	int xx = x;
+	int yy = y;
+	/* maybe we should just return instead of fixing this up... */
+	if (x < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[neutrino] fb::%s: x < 0 (%d)\n", __func__, x);
+		width += x;
+		if (width <= 0)
+			return;
+		xx = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (y < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[neutrino] fb::%s: y < 0 (%d)\n", __func__, y);
+		height += y;
+		if (height <= 0)
+			return;
+		yy = 0;
+	}
+
+	int right = xx + width;
+	int bottom = yy + height;
+
+	if (right > (int)xRes) {
+		if (xx >= (int)xRes) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "[neutrino] fb::%s: x >= xRes (%d > %d)\n", __func__, xx, xRes);
+			return;
+		}
+		fprintf(stderr, "[neutrino] fb::%s: x+w > xRes! (%d+%d > %d)\n", __func__, xx, width, xRes);
+		right = xRes;
+	}
+	if (bottom > (int)yRes) {
+		if (yy >= (int)yRes) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "[neutrino] fb::%s: y >= yRes (%d > %d)\n", __func__, yy, yRes);
+			return;
+		}
+		fprintf(stderr, "[neutrino] fb::%s: y+h > yRes! (%d+%d > %d)\n", __func__, yy, height, yRes);
+		bottom = yRes;
+	}
+
+	STMFBIO_BLT_DATA bltData;
+	memset(&bltData, 0, sizeof(STMFBIO_BLT_DATA));
+
+	bltData.operation  = BLT_OP_FILL;
+	bltData.dstOffset  = lbb_off;
+	bltData.dstPitch   = stride;
+
+	bltData.dst_left   = xx;
+	bltData.dst_top    = yy;
+	bltData.dst_right  = right;
+	bltData.dst_bottom = bottom;
+
+	bltData.dstFormat  = SURF_ARGB8888;
+	bltData.srcFormat  = SURF_ARGB8888;
+	bltData.dstMemBase = STMFBGP_FRAMEBUFFER;
+	bltData.srcMemBase = STMFBGP_FRAMEBUFFER;
+	bltData.colour     = col;
+
+	mark(xx, yy, bltData.dst_right, bltData.dst_bottom);
+	OpenThreads::ScopedLock<OpenThreads::Mutex> m_lock(mutex);
+	if (ioctl(fd, STMFBIO_BLT, &bltData ) < 0)
+		fprintf(stderr, "blitRect FBIO_BLIT: %m x:%d y:%d w:%d h:%d s:%d\n", xx,yy,width,height,stride);
+	blit();
+}
+
+void CFbAccelSTi::blit2FB(void *fbbuff, uint32_t width, uint32_t height, uint32_t xoff, uint32_t yoff, uint32_t xp, uint32_t yp, bool transp)
+{
+	int x, y, dw, dh;
+	x = xoff;
+	y = yoff;
+	dw = width - xp;
+	dh = height - yp;
+
+	size_t mem_sz = width * height * sizeof(fb_pixel_t);
+	unsigned long ulFlags = 0;
+	if (!transp) /* transp == false (default): use transparency from source alphachannel */
+		ulFlags = BLT_OP_FLAGS_BLEND_SRC_ALPHA|BLT_OP_FLAGS_BLEND_DST_MEMORY; // we need alpha blending
+
+	STMFBIO_BLT_EXTERN_DATA blt_data;
+	memset(&blt_data, 0, sizeof(STMFBIO_BLT_EXTERN_DATA));
+	blt_data.operation  = BLT_OP_COPY;
+	blt_data.ulFlags    = ulFlags;
+	blt_data.srcOffset  = 0;
+	blt_data.srcPitch   = width * 4;
+	blt_data.dstOffset  = lbb_off;
+	blt_data.dstPitch   = stride;
+	blt_data.src_left   = xp;
+	blt_data.src_top    = yp;
+	blt_data.src_right  = width;
+	blt_data.src_bottom = height;
+	blt_data.dst_left   = x;
+	blt_data.dst_top    = y;
+	blt_data.dst_right  = x + dw;
+	blt_data.dst_bottom = y + dh;
+	blt_data.srcFormat  = SURF_ARGB8888;
+	blt_data.dstFormat  = SURF_ARGB8888;
+	blt_data.srcMemBase = (char *)backbuffer;
+	blt_data.dstMemBase = (char *)lfb;
+	blt_data.srcMemSize = mem_sz;
+	blt_data.dstMemSize = stride * yRes + lbb_off;
+
+	mark(x, y, blt_data.dst_right, blt_data.dst_bottom);
+	OpenThreads::ScopedLock<OpenThreads::Mutex> m_lock(mutex);
+	ioctl(fd, STMFBIO_SYNC_BLITTER);
+	if (fbbuff != backbuffer)
+		memmove(backbuffer, fbbuff, mem_sz);
+	// icons are so small that they will still be in cache
+	msync(backbuffer, backbuf_sz, MS_SYNC);
+
+	if (ioctl(fd, STMFBIO_BLT_EXTERN, &blt_data) < 0)
+		perror(LOGTAG "blit2FB STMFBIO_BLT_EXTERN");
+	return;
+}
+
+#define BLIT_INTERVAL_MIN 40
+#define BLIT_INTERVAL_MAX 250
+void CFbAccelSTi::run()
+{
+	printf(LOGTAG "::run start\n");
+	time_t last_blit = 0;
+	blit_pending = false;
+	blit_thread = true;
+	blit_mutex.lock();
+	set_threadname("stifb::autoblit");
+	while (blit_thread) {
+		blit_cond.wait(&blit_mutex, blit_pending ? BLIT_INTERVAL_MIN : BLIT_INTERVAL_MAX);
+		time_t now = time_monotonic_ms();
+		if (now - last_blit < BLIT_INTERVAL_MIN)
+		{
+			blit_pending = true;
+			//printf(LOGTAG "::run: skipped, time %ld\n", now - last_blit);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			blit_pending = false;
+			blit_mutex.unlock();
+			_blit();
+			blit_mutex.lock();
+			last_blit = now;
+		}
+	}
+	blit_mutex.unlock();
+	printf(LOGTAG "::run end\n");
+}
+
+void CFbAccelSTi::blit()
+{
+	//printf(LOGTAG "::blit\n");
+	blit_mutex.lock();
+	blit_cond.signal();
+	blit_mutex.unlock();
+}
+
+void CFbAccelSTi::_blit()
+{
+#if 0
+	static time_t last = 0;
+	time_t now = time_monotonic_ms();
+	printf("%s %ld\n", __func__, now - last);
+	last = now;
+#endif
+	OpenThreads::ScopedLock<OpenThreads::Mutex> m_lock(mutex);
+#ifdef PARTIAL_BLIT
+	if (to_blit.xs == INT_MAX)
+		return;
+
+	int srcXa = to_blit.xs;
+	int srcYa = to_blit.ys;
+	int srcXb = to_blit.xe;
+	int srcYb = to_blit.ye;
+#else
+	const int srcXa = 0;
+	const int srcYa = 0;
+	int srcXb = xRes;
+	int srcYb = yRes;
+#endif
+	STMFBIO_BLT_DATA  bltData;
+	memset(&bltData, 0, sizeof(STMFBIO_BLT_DATA));
+
+	bltData.operation  = BLT_OP_COPY;
+	//bltData.ulFlags  = BLT_OP_FLAGS_BLEND_SRC_ALPHA | BLT_OP_FLAGS_BLEND_DST_MEMORY; // we need alpha blending
+	// src
+	bltData.srcOffset  = lbb_off;
+	bltData.srcPitch   = stride;
+
+	bltData.src_left   = srcXa;
+	bltData.src_top    = srcYa;
+	bltData.src_right  = srcXb;
+	bltData.src_bottom = srcYb;
+
+	bltData.srcFormat = SURF_BGRA8888;
+	bltData.srcMemBase = STMFBGP_FRAMEBUFFER;
+
+	/* calculate dst/blit factor */
+	fb_var_screeninfo s;
+	if (ioctl(fd, FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO, &s) == -1)
+		perror("CFbAccel <FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO>");
+
+#ifdef PARTIAL_BLIT
+	if (s.xres != last_xres) /* fb resolution has changed -> clear artifacts */
+	{
+		last_xres = s.xres;
+		bltData.src_left   = 0;
+		bltData.src_top    = 0;
+		bltData.src_right  = xRes;
+		bltData.src_bottom = yRes;
+	}
+
+	double xFactor = (double)s.xres/(double)xRes;
+	double yFactor = (double)s.yres/(double)yRes;
+
+	int desXa = xFactor * bltData.src_left;
+	int desYa = yFactor * bltData.src_top;
+	int desXb = xFactor * bltData.src_right;
+	int desYb = yFactor * bltData.src_bottom;
+#else
+	const int desXa = 0;
+	const int desYa = 0;
+	int desXb = s.xres;
+	int desYb = s.yres;
+#endif
+
+	/* dst */
+	bltData.dstOffset  = 0;
+	bltData.dstPitch   = s.xres * 4;
+
+	bltData.dst_left   = desXa;
+	bltData.dst_top    = desYa;
+	bltData.dst_right  = desXb;
+	bltData.dst_bottom = desYb;
+
+	bltData.dstFormat = SURF_BGRA8888;
+	bltData.dstMemBase = STMFBGP_FRAMEBUFFER;
+
+	//printf("CFbAccelSTi::blit: sx:%d sy:%d sxe:%d sye: %d dx:%d dy:%d dxe:%d dye:%d\n", srcXa, srcYa, srcXb, srcYb, desXa, desYa, desXb, desYb);
+	if ((bltData.dst_right > s.xres) || (bltData.dst_bottom > s.yres))
+		printf(LOGTAG "blit: values out of range desXb:%d desYb:%d\n",
+			bltData.dst_right, bltData.dst_bottom);
+
+	if(ioctl(fd, STMFBIO_SYNC_BLITTER) < 0)
+		perror(LOGTAG "blit ioctl STMFBIO_SYNC_BLITTER 1");
+	msync(lbb, xRes * 4 * yRes, MS_SYNC);
+	if (ioctl(fd, STMFBIO_BLT, &bltData ) < 0)
+		perror(LOGTAG "STMFBIO_BLT");
+	if(ioctl(fd, STMFBIO_SYNC_BLITTER) < 0)
+		perror(LOGTAG "blit ioctl STMFBIO_SYNC_BLITTER 2");
+
+#ifdef PARTIAL_BLIT
+	to_blit.xs = to_blit.ys = INT_MAX;
+	to_blit.xe = to_blit.ye = 0;
+#endif
+}
+
+/* not really used yet */
+#ifdef PARTIAL_BLIT
+void CFbAccelSTi::mark(int xs, int ys, int xe, int ye)
+{
+	OpenThreads::ScopedLock<OpenThreads::Mutex> m_lock(mutex);
+	if (xs < to_blit.xs)
+		to_blit.xs = xs;
+	if (ys < to_blit.ys)
+		to_blit.ys = ys;
+	if (xe > to_blit.xe) {
+		if (xe >= (int)xRes)
+			to_blit.xe = xRes - 1;
+		else
+			to_blit.xe = xe;
+	}
+	if (ye > to_blit.ye) {
+		if (ye >= (int)xRes)
+			to_blit.ye = yRes - 1;
+		else
+			to_blit.ye = ye;
+	}
+#if 0
+	/* debug code that kills neutrino right away if the blit area is invalid
+	 * only enable this for creating a coredump for debugging */
+	fb_var_screeninfo s;
+	if (ioctl(fd, FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO, &s) == -1)
+		perror("CFbAccel <FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO>");
+	if ((xe > s.xres) || (ye > s.yres)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, LOGTAG "mark: values out of range xe:%d ye:%d\n", xe, ye);
+		int *kill = NULL;
+		*kill = 1; /* oh my */
+	}
+#endif
+}
+#else
+void CFbAccelSTi::mark(int, int, int, int)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
+/* wrong name... */
+int CFbAccelSTi::setMode(unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int)
+{
+	/* it's all fake... :-) */
+	xRes = screeninfo.xres = screeninfo.xres_virtual = DEFAULT_XRES;
+	yRes = screeninfo.yres = screeninfo.yres_virtual = DEFAULT_YRES;
+	bpp  = screeninfo.bits_per_pixel = DEFAULT_BPP;
+	stride = screeninfo.xres * screeninfo.bits_per_pixel / 8;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+fb_pixel_t *CFbAccelSTi::getBackBufferPointer() const
+{
+	return backbuffer;
+}
+
+/* original interfaceL: 1 == pixel alpha, 2 == global alpha premultiplied */
+void CFbAccelSTi::setBlendMode(uint8_t mode)
+{
+	/* mode = 1 => reset to no extra transparency */
+	if (mode == 1)
+		setBlendLevel(0);
+}
+
+/* level = 100 -> transparent, level = 0 -> nontransperent */
+void CFbAccelSTi::setBlendLevel(int level)
+{
+	struct stmfbio_var_screeninfo_ex v;
+	memset(&v, 0, sizeof(v));
+	/* set to 0 already...
+	 v.layerid = 0;
+	 v.activate = STMFBIO_ACTIVATE_IMMEDIATE; // == 0
+	 v.premultiplied_alpha = 0;
+	*/
+	v.caps = STMFBIO_VAR_CAPS_OPACITY | STMFBIO_VAR_CAPS_PREMULTIPLIED;
+	v.opacity = 0xff - (level * 0xff / 100);
+	if (ioctl(fd, STMFBIO_SET_VAR_SCREENINFO_EX, &v) < 0)
+		perror(LOGTAG "setBlendLevel STMFBIO");
+}
+
+#if 0
+/* this is not accelerated... */
+void CFbAccelSTi::paintPixel(const int x, const int y, const fb_pixel_t col)
+{
+	fb_pixel_t *pos = getFrameBufferPointer();
+	pos += (stride / sizeof(fb_pixel_t)) * y;
+	pos += x;
+	*pos = col;
+}
+
+/* unused, because horizontal and vertical line are not acceleratedn in paintRect anyway
+ * and everything else is identical to fb_generic code */
+void CFbAccelSTi::paintLine(int xa, int ya, int xb, int yb, const fb_pixel_t col)
+{
+	int dx = abs (xa - xb);
+	int dy = abs (ya - yb);
+	if (dy == 0) /* horizontal line */
+	{
+		/* paintRect actually is 1 pixel short to the right,
+		 * but that's bug-compatibility with the GXA code */
+		paintRect(xa, ya, xb - xa, 1, col);
+		return;
+	}
+	if (dx == 0) /* vertical line */
+	{
+		paintRect(xa, ya, 1, yb - ya, col);
+		return;
+	}
+	int x;
+	int y;
+	int End;
+	int step;
+
+	if (dx > dy)
+	{
+		int p = 2 * dy - dx;
+		int twoDy = 2 * dy;
+		int twoDyDx = 2 * (dy-dx);
+
+		if (xa > xb)
+		{
+			x = xb;
+			y = yb;
+			End = xa;
+			step = ya < yb ? -1 : 1;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			x = xa;
+			y = ya;
+			End = xb;
+			step = yb < ya ? -1 : 1;
+		}
+
+		paintPixel(x, y, col);
+
+		while (x < End)
+		{
+			x++;
+			if (p < 0)
+				p += twoDy;
+			else
+			{
+				y += step;
+				p += twoDyDx;
+			}
+			paintPixel(x, y, col);
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		int p = 2 * dx - dy;
+		int twoDx = 2 * dx;
+		int twoDxDy = 2 * (dx-dy);
+
+		if (ya > yb)
+		{
+			x = xb;
+			y = yb;
+			End = ya;
+			step = xa < xb ? -1 : 1;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			x = xa;
+			y = ya;
+			End = yb;
+			step = xb < xa ? -1 : 1;
+		}
+
+		paintPixel(x, y, col);
+
+		while (y < End)
+		{
+			y++;
+			if (p < 0)
+				p += twoDx;
+			else
+			{
+				x += step;
+				p += twoDxDy;
+			}
+			paintPixel(x, y, col);
+		}
+	}
+	mark(xa, ya, xb, yb);
+	blit();
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/src/driver/fb_generic.cpp b/src/driver/fb_generic.cpp
index 69066e7bc..5607aef16 100644
--- a/src/driver/fb_generic.cpp
+++ b/src/driver/fb_generic.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 #include <config.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <driver/framebuffer.h>
+#include <driver/fb_generic.h>
+#include <driver/fb_accel.h>
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
@@ -118,8 +119,12 @@ CFrameBuffer* CFrameBuffer::getInstance()
 {
 	static CFrameBuffer* frameBuffer = NULL;
 
-	if(!frameBuffer) {
-		frameBuffer = new CFrameBuffer();
+	if (!frameBuffer) {
+#if HAVE_SPARK_HARDWARE
+		frameBuffer = new CFbAccelSTi();
+#endif
+		if (!frameBuffer)
+			frameBuffer = new CFrameBuffer();
 		printf("[neutrino] %s Instance created\n", frameBuffer->fb_name);
 	}
 	return frameBuffer;
@@ -715,6 +720,7 @@ void CFrameBuffer::paintVLineRel(int x, int y, int dy, const fb_pixel_t col)
 		return;
 
 	paintVLineRelInternal(x, y, dy, col);
+	mark(x, y, x, y + dy);
 }
 
 void CFrameBuffer::paintHLineRelInternal(int x, int dx, int y, const fb_pixel_t col)
@@ -731,6 +737,7 @@ void CFrameBuffer::paintHLineRel(int x, int dx, int y, const fb_pixel_t col)
 		return;
 
 	paintHLineRelInternal(x, dx, y, col);
+	mark(x, y, x + dx, y);
 }
 
 void CFrameBuffer::setIconBasePath(const std::string & iconPath)
@@ -1245,6 +1252,7 @@ void CFrameBuffer::paintLine(int xa, int ya, int xb, int yb, const fb_pixel_t co
 			paintPixel (x, y, col);
 		}
 	}
+	mark(xa, ya, xb, yb);
 }
 #if 0
 //never used
@@ -1533,6 +1541,7 @@ void CFrameBuffer::RestoreScreen(int x, int y, int dx, int dy, fb_pixel_t * cons
 		fbpos += stride;
 		bkpos += dx;
 	}
+	mark(x, y, x + dx, y + dy);
 	checkFbArea(x, y, dx, dy, false);
 }
 #if 0