From: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@hotpop.com>
To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
David Vrabel <dvrabel@arcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] fbdev: Make fb_find_mode() return failure if modular
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 05:07:26 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200502180507.32473.adaplas@hotpop.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4214AA55.3000006@arcom.com>
On Thursday 17 February 2005 22:29, David Vrabel wrote:
> Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
> > A few drivers call fb_find_mode() even if compiled as a module. If the
> > modedb parameter is NULL, the function will use default modedb array
> > which is marked __init. This will cause a crash. To avoid this, check if
> > the driver is compiled as a module, and if it is, fail.
>
> Why limit the default mode DB to built-in drivers only?
The default db is used by drivers only once. After that, it just consumes
memory.
Tony
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-02-17 21:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-02-17 12:47 [PATCH 2/7] fbdev: Make fb_find_mode() return failure if modular Antonino A. Daplas
2005-02-17 14:29 ` David Vrabel
2005-02-17 21:07 ` Antonino A. Daplas [this message]
2005-02-17 22:09 ` James Simmons
2005-02-17 23:38 ` Antonino A. Daplas
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