From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Antonino Daplas Subject: Re: Feature Freeze? Date: 06 Mar 2003 09:18:07 +0800 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1046913396.1227.176.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from pine.compass.com.ph ([202.70.96.37]) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 18qk06-00076x-00 for ; Wed, 05 Mar 2003 17:16:46 -0800 In-Reply-To: Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: James Simmons Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , Linux Fbdev development list On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 02:34, James Simmons wrote: > > > > 1. Text mode support? > > > > Required by at least davem and petr > > Just Petr. I'm working to seperate the text code out into a matroxcon.c > file. Needs alot more work tho. > > > > 2. console resizing using fbset (besides stty)? > > > > Nice, if it's not too much work. > > :-( I hope to improve fbcon to handle this. > If you're really against using fbset to resize the console, then the first step is to protect the console from the "dangers" of fbset. Secondly, we can have fbcon_resize() validate the mode instead of just blindly calling fb_set_var(). If it's not valid, then it can also fetch a working mode for it. The user can then fine tune the timings using fbset afterwards. So, do we allow fbcon to handle mode validating and fetching, or do we just leave all this to fbdev? At least let's bring out some ideas on how to go about doing this. Having a working idea, even if dumb, should interest other developers in contributing. Tony ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com