From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell King Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: [BK PATCHS] fbdev updates. Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 22:37:08 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20021018223708.C15827@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <20021018193245.A15827@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from jsimmons@infradead.org on Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 02:24:48PM -0700 List-Id: Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , Linux Fbdev development list , Linux Kernel Mailing List On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 02:24:48PM -0700, James Simmons wrote: > Your right. That is a bug from the old fbgen code. Since few driver used > the old fbgen code it never appeared. I suggest we remove can_soft_blank > and just test to see if the function pointer exist for fb_blank. If it > doesn't then we can resort to other tricks in suggested in the ther email. Ok. What about the case where you're running in true colour / static pseudo colour, and can't blank the palette, but do have a fb_blank method to handle the direct colour / pseudo colour case? -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html