From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jon Smirl Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] mach64 atari patch Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 13:56:21 -0400 Message-ID: <9e4733910508081056714061fe@mail.gmail.com> References: <20050807094618.0cc4cadc.akpm@osdl.org> <42F699DC.20103@gmail.com> <9e47339105080716487e59df5c@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 1E2BrO-0003jm-TE for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 08 Aug 2005 10:56:26 -0700 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.201]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1E2BrO-0002CI-Su for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 08 Aug 2005 10:56:27 -0700 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i3so1083834wra for ; Mon, 08 Aug 2005 10:56:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline 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: James Simmons Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Geert Uytterhoeven , "Antonino A. Daplas" , Andrew Morton On 8/8/05, James Simmons wrote: >=20 > > James, if you are really worried about our patch to move softcursor > > into fbcon, why don't we put it into the -mm tree for a month without > > moving it to the main kernel and see if anyone complains. > > > > I am definitely of the belief that since softcursor can only be used > > by fbcon then it should be moved into fbcon and all support for it be > > dropped from fbdev. We can't leave the code as is since it interferes > > with the use of the hardware cursors from user space. > > > > I just don't think this patch is as complex as you are making it out > > to be. It is large simply because the same action has been repeated > > for each of the 65 drivers. The action is only a simple deletion of > > two lines. >=20 > I'm not arguing over this. What is wrong with breaking this patch up!!!!! > I still have no answer to this!!!! I'm using the hardware flag because > sometimes the driver that does have a hardware cursor wants to turn > support off for it. Set .fb_cursor =3D NULL; to turn off the support. =20 --=20 Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf