From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alain Kalker 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 Message-ID: <1202316830.5109.29.camel@localhost> References: <20080206071517.14FE52E5CE4@f27.poczta.interia.pl> <1202316423.5109.26.camel@localhost> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JMnX6-0007WO-2Y for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:54:00 -0800 Received: from stipula.dds.nl ([85.17.178.134]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1JMnX0-0003y9-Jg for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:54:00 -0800 In-Reply-To: <1202316423.5109.26.camel@localhost> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Randy Dunlap , jsimmons@infradead.org, adaplas@gmail.com 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 1024x768 instead of # modprobe mode_option=1024x768 Regards, Alain ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/