From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] [FBDEV]: Video mode change notify (fbset) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 11:00:32 -0500 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1088006431.1854.151.camel@gaston> References: <200406220639.20791.adaplas@hotpop.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BdAJD-0004vl-OL for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 09:09:11 -0700 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.30) id 1BdAJB-0004gr-Rd for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 09:09:09 -0700 In-Reply-To: <200406220639.20791.adaplas@hotpop.com> 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: adaplas@pol.net Cc: James Simmons , Andrew Morton , Linux Fbdev development list On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 17:39, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > Hi, > > This patch allows fbset to change the video mode and the console > window size via the notifier call chain. It will only notify fbcon of > mode changes from user space. Changes coming from > upstream will be ignored. > > The code will only update the current console. Excellent. I still want, at one point, to restore the per-vt var structure in fbcon btw. Andrew, that should probably go in. The lack of fbset functionality is a big regression of fbdev's in 2.6 compared to 2.4 Ben. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com