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From: Alain Kalker <miki@dds.nl>
To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>,
	jsimmons@infradead.org, adaplas@gmail.com
Subject: Re: mode_option or mode parameter (was: i810fb	module parameter 'mode_option' inconsistent with other framebuffer modules)
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:53:50 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1202316830.5109.29.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1202316423.5109.26.camel@localhost>


On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 17:47 +0100, Alain Kalker wrote:
> I would like to propose instead to make the 'mode' / 'mode_option'
> parameter name optional for all drivers where possible. This will
> greatly simplify framebuffer driver loading by the boot scripts, which
> currently cannot easily identify drivers needing either parameter name.

so one would be able to use

# modprobe <xxxfb> 1024x768 <other options>

instead of 

# modprobe <xxxfb> mode_option=1024x768 <other options>

Regards,

Alain

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  reply	other threads:[~2008-02-06 16:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-02-06  7:15 mode_option or mode parameter (was: i810fb module parameter 'mode_option' inconsistent with other framebuffer modules) krzysztof.h1
2008-02-06 16:47 ` Alain Kalker
2008-02-06 16:53   ` Alain Kalker [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-02-07  7:21 krzysztof.h1
2008-02-05 12:40 krzysztof.h1
2008-02-05 13:39 ` Alain Kalker
2008-02-05  7:08 krzysztof.h1
2008-02-05 11:42 ` Alain Kalker
2008-02-05 12:09   ` Alain Kalker
2008-02-05 12:25     ` Alain Kalker
2008-02-05 22:03 ` Randy Dunlap

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