From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbdev: workaround for broken X servers Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 14:06:26 +1100 Message-ID: <1099710386.10262.69.camel@gaston> References: <1099448020.900.25.camel@gaston> <200411052055.17316.adaplas@hotpop.com> <1099701519.3884.32.camel@gaston> <200411061002.38017.adaplas@hotpop.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net 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 1CQGud-00059q-MH for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 05 Nov 2004 19:06:47 -0800 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.41) id 1CQGuc-0002fD-54 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 05 Nov 2004 19:06:47 -0800 In-Reply-To: <200411061002.38017.adaplas@hotpop.com> Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net 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: Linux Fbdev development list , Geert Uytterhoeven On Sat, 2004-11-06 at 10:02 +0800, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > Currently, fbcon_blank() does the first method (pass blank unchanged), > which means radeonfb is wrong. Adopting the second method will make > radeonfb do the right thing, but will require changes to a lot of drivers. > > So, what will it be then? I'd rather define FB_BLANK_* constants and convert all drivers... the conversion is trivial. Ben. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click