Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 1/3: FBDEV: VGA State Save/Restore module

[Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>]

On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 22:31, James Simmons wrote:
> 
> > Limitations:
> > 1.  Restoring the VGA state from high-resolution graphics mode may
> > result in a corrupt display which can be corrected by switching
> > consoles.  May need a screen redraw at this point.  Restoring from VGA
> > graphics mode to text mode and vice versa is okay.
> > 
> > 2. Assumes some things about the hardware which is not universally
> > correct:  VGA memory base is at 0xA0000, memory size is 64KB, the
> > hardware palette is readable, etc. 
> > 
> > Any comments welcome.
> 
> One thing I like to suggest. I like to move the vga code in fb.h to vga.h. 
> Alot of fbdev devices don't have a VGA core. 
> 
> 

Only the structure definition of fb_vgastate is in fb.h.  For drivers
without a vga core, they'll just won't link to it and it won't be
compiled.  Plus, vga.h is not a common header (not located in
include/asm or include/linux) and it contains a lot of declarations and
definitions which are irrelevant to most drivers or are already
duplicated.  This will be messier, I think.  

Maybe we can just enclose it in a macro, something like:

#ifdef FBDEV_HAS_VGACORE
...
#endif

Tony