From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell King Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] fbdev updates. Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 18:58:43 +0100 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20020705185843.D27920@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <20020705100937.C23355@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]) by usw-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Cipher TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 17QXM1-0004Dn-00 for ; Fri, 05 Jul 2002 10:58:49 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from jsimmons@transvirtual.com on Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 10:16:28AM -0700 Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: James Simmons Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , Linux Fbdev development list On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 10:16:28AM -0700, James Simmons wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 10:53:35AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > If you have an `asymmetric' dual-head chipset (both heads are not independent, > > > and/or have different capabilities), you'll have 2 info structures, with one > > > shared par. So info and par cannot be combined. > > > > That may be true for such systems. I don't believe in imposing such > > restrictions on drivers that can _never ever_ fall into that category. > > Imposing a standard set of rules to a subsystem. What insane person would > ever do that? Imposing a set of useless features on hardware that can not support it by design. Yes, that's sensible, oh yes. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Bringing you mounds of caffeinated joy. http://thinkgeek.com/sf