From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Subject: Re: fbdev broken in current bk for PPC Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:04:42 +0800 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <200409110904.42118.adaplas@hotpop.com> References: <1094783022.2667.106.camel@gaston> <200409101635.25738.adaplas@hotpop.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1C5wKB-0007Mx-4d for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:05:07 -0700 Received: from smtp-out.hotpop.com ([38.113.3.61]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C5wK9-0001Uh-Iz for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:05:06 -0700 Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [38.113.3.103]) by smtp-out.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 34F5F8083EB for ; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 01:04:57 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <200409101635.25738.adaplas@hotpop.com> Content-Disposition: inline Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Linux Kernel list , Andrew Morton On Friday 10 September 2004 16:35, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > > > what about failing register_framebuffer for anything but offb ? > > > > Humm, indeed hackerish... > > > > But the advantage of this is that we can finally exercise the failure > > path of many frame buffer device drivers in the wild ;-) > > Assuming, as I've mentioned in another thread, that info->fix.name == > to video=xxxfb. > Sorry Geert, I misinterpret. And you are correct, but that will be scary :-) Tony ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 13. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268024AbUIKCMy (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2004 22:12:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268056AbUIKCMy (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2004 22:12:54 -0400 Received: from zeus.kernel.org ([204.152.189.113]:49346 "EHLO zeus.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268024AbUIKCMw (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2004 22:12:52 -0400 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Reply-To: adaplas@pol.net To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] fbdev broken in current bk for PPC Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:04:42 +0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 Cc: Linux Kernel list , Andrew Morton References: <1094783022.2667.106.camel@gaston> <200409101635.25738.adaplas@hotpop.com> In-Reply-To: <200409101635.25738.adaplas@hotpop.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200409110904.42118.adaplas@hotpop.com> X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Friday 10 September 2004 16:35, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > > > what about failing register_framebuffer for anything but offb ? > > > > Humm, indeed hackerish... > > > > But the advantage of this is that we can finally exercise the failure > > path of many frame buffer device drivers in the wild ;-) > > Assuming, as I've mentioned in another thread, that info->fix.name == > to video=xxxfb. > Sorry Geert, I misinterpret. And you are correct, but that will be scary :-) Tony