From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Petr Vandrovec Subject: Re: [PATCH][FBDEV]: fb_putcs() and fb_setfont() methods Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 00:17:29 +0100 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20030104231729.GA1188@ppc.vc.cvut.cz> References: <20030104204131.GD1319@ppc.vc.cvut.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Received: from r2l120.mistral.cz ([62.245.75.120] helo=ppc.vc.cvut.cz ident=root) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Cipher TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 18UxYN-0005Tq-00 for ; Sat, 04 Jan 2003 15:18:07 -0800 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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: Antonino Daplas , Linux Fbdev development list , Linux Kernel List On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 09:12:24PM +0000, James Simmons wrote: > > > I'll be happier with character coordinates for text mode. > > Yuck!! Using fbcon for text modes is just bloat. For hardware text mode it > is much better to write a nice small console driver like newport_con.c When I said before christmas that I'll have to write matroxcon to get reasonable functionality, you laughed... Now, it is clear that there is no other way... > > could decide on case-by-case basis whether it will use its own code or > > generic without touching pointer (without modifying potentially constant > > fb_ops structure common to all fbdev instances). > > The patch was rejected. I working on your driver. I can throw in a text > mode driver as well. You can throw anything in and out, of course... It is GPL, after all. Only question left is whether I'll be satisfied with functionality you offer. Best regards, Petr Vandrovec vandrove@vc.cvut.cz ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf