From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kevin Hilman Subject: Re: Use of 'reserved' fields in var_screeninfo Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:57:27 -0800 Message-ID: <4378EC27.7010502@mvista.com> References: <4378E2CB.3080902@mvista.com> <4378E997.50208@mvista.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 ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1EbkSN-0002rB-5c for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:57:35 -0800 Received: from gateway-1237.mvista.com ([12.44.186.158] helo=hermes.mvista.com) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1EbkSJ-0001UT-4K for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:57:32 -0800 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (godzilla.mvista.com [10.0.0.2]) by hermes.mvista.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E02A41A6F1 for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:57:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4378E997.50208@mvista.com> Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net 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 Kevin Hilman wrote: > Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > >>What do you want to export there? >> > > > I'm just weighing the options of whether I should just add a new > device-specific ioctl, or try to export this as part of the var_screeninfo. > Come to think of it, no matter what I added to the screeninfo struct, fbcon_switch() would have to be hacked to not disrupt any new fields since it does a memset-to-zero. I think a device-specific ioctl is the way to go. Thanks for the help. -- Kevin Hilman MontaVista Software -- http://www.mvista.com/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php