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From: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbdev: Fix usage of blank value passed to fb_blank
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:40:06 +0800
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Andrew Morton wrote:
> "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Unfortunately, this may cause some userland breakage.  X should work.
>>  However, some apps may have been developed that uses the FB_BLANK constants
>>  (DirectFB?).  In these cases, they'll get a deeper blank level instead, so it
>>  probably won't affect them significantly.  A follow up patch that hides the 
>>  FB_BLANK constants may be worthwhile.
> 
> Would prefer to avoid any userland breakage.  Is this followup patch
> happening?

I'm still doing research on which major fb apps depend on the FB_BLANK constants, but
my guess is that the follow up patch is inevitable. We cannot avoid bending over
backwards for X :(

Tony