Re: mono, gray and index configs

[Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>]

Could everyone give this a try and give me some feedback?

On 8/11/05, Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's a new version that actually lets me set all possible scanout
> configs on radeonfb. I can even set I4 but I don't think the code is
> correct for it yet everywhere in radeonfb. The core code in the patch
> should be ok. My further changes should be restricted to the radeonfb
> code. For example, I haven't added the logic to radeonfb to "round up"
> to the next config.
> 
> You get two new sysfs attributes:
> configs - optional, but really nice to have, list of all configs
> supported by the driver
> config - current config the hardware is set to.
> 
> example syntax...
> [root@jonsmirl fb0]# cat configs
> I4
> I8
> A1R5G5B5
> R5G6B5
> R8G8B8
> A8R8G8B8
> A4R4G4B4
> A8I8
> A2R10G10B10
> 
> Offsets are computed from the field widths. So if a card sets BGR vs
> RGB and you cat its config you will see RGB or BGR in the config
> string. M is used for a grayscale field.
> 
> So give the patch a try and start expanding it to handle other cards.
> 
> --
> Jon Smirl
> jonsmirl@gmail.com
> 
> 
> 


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Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@gmail.com


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