From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: miki@dds.nl, bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9847] New: i810fb: module parameter 'mode_option' inconsistent with other framebuffer modules
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:33:25 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080129213325.0d19dd8d.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bug-9847-10286@http.bugzilla.kernel.org/>
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:02:39 -0800 (PST) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9847
>
> Summary: i810fb: module parameter 'mode_option' inconsistent with
> other framebuffer modules
> Product: Drivers
> Version: 2.5
> KernelVersion: 2.6.22
> Platform: All
> OS/Version: Linux
> Tree: Mainline
> Status: NEW
> Severity: normal
> Priority: P1
> Component: Console/Framebuffers
> AssignedTo: jsimmons@infradead.org
> ReportedBy: miki@dds.nl
>
>
> Latest working kernel version: -
> Earliest failing kernel version:
> Distribution: Debian Release: lenny/sid
> Hardware Environment: Intel PIII / i815M
> Software Environment:
> Problem Description: While all other framebuffer modules use the option
> "mode=..." to specify a modedb-style video mode, i810fb uses the non-standard
> "mode_option=..." This breaks the use of "video=i810fb:<videomode>" boot
> parameter, such that for instance "video=i810fb:1024x768" doesn't work.
> The boot scripts parse the "<videomode>" parameter internally and pass
> it to the correct module as 'mode=<videomode>'.
>
> -Alain
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2008-01-30 5:33 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2008-02-01 7:01 [Bugme-new] [Bug 9847] New: i810fb: module parameter 'mode_option' inconsistent with other framebuffer modules krzysztof.h1
2008-02-01 7:32 ` Andrew Morton
2008-02-02 4:18 ` Alain Kalker
2008-02-02 4:37 ` Andrew Morton
2008-02-02 5:27 ` Alain Kalker
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