From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: Sane behavior of fbset Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:38:45 -0500 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1088019524.1855.159.camel@gaston> References: <200406180945.12444.adaplas@hotpop.com> <200406190240.26228.adaplas@hotpop.com> <20040619031650.GC14319@havoc.gtf.org> <200406191413.28339.adaplas@hotpop.com> <1088006149.1832.145.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BdDhF-0001nk-JL for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:46:13 -0700 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.30) id 1BdDhE-0005yC-Qp for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:46:12 -0700 In-Reply-To: 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: jsimmons@pentafluge.infradead.org Cc: adaplas@pol.net, David Eger , Linux Fbdev development list On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 14:00, jsimmons@pentafluge.infradead.org wrote: > > I still think (didn't I repeat it often enough) that the whole idea > > of stty "inventing" modes based on console size is broken. We simply > > can't rely on good enough monitor detection & mode list building to > > be able to pick proper modes. Not only our code is far from ready for > > that, but it will also call all sort of problems to users (remember > > you monitors that need different subtle geometry settings for each > > different mode you use ?) > > > > It may have looked like a nice idea, but I think it's just wrong. > > Its a POSIX standard. You need to yell at them. I don't remember seeing anything in POSIX regarding tweaking monitor video modes ;) > > fbset sends an ioctl straight to the fbdev, and doesn't update fbcon > > at the moment. The callback mecanism I added for power management > > should allow to restore 2.4 functionality there, but this has not > > been implemented yet afaik. > > It will be added back. I didn't merge the one from before because it had > problems. -- Benjamin Herrenschmidt ------------------------------------------------------- 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