From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sven Luther Subject: Re: Re: FBdev updates. Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 08:35:08 +0100 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20030306073508.GA1734@iliana> References: <20030303203500.GA2916@vana.vc.cvut.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Received: from smtp-out-4.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.19.23] helo=mel-rto4.wanadoo.fr) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 18qpwH-0006ap-00 for ; Wed, 05 Mar 2003 23:37:13 -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: Petr Vandrovec , Antonino Daplas , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux Fbdev development list On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 08:22:26PM +0000, James Simmons wrote: > > > Hi, > > while waiting on these updates I updated matroxfb a bit > > (ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/matrox-latest/matroxfb-2.5.63.gz), > > so that it now uses fb_* for cfb modes, and putcs/... hooks for > > text mode. I have still dozen of changes in fbcon.c which I have > > to eliminate (mainly logo painting and cursor handling - for now > > I still use revc method, mainly because of I did not make into it yet). > > I grabbed your latest patch and started to merge it with my latest work on > the matrox driver. As soon as I'm done merging my matrox changes I will > send you a patch right away. > > > My main concern now is 12x22 font... Accelerator setup > > is so costly for each separate painted character that for 8bpp > > accelerated version is even slower than unaccelerated one :-( > > (and almost twice as slow when compared with 2.4.x). > > Try the latest patch I released. > > > And one (or two...) generic questions: why is not pseudo_palette > > u32* pseudo_palette, or even directly u32 pseudo_palette[17] ? > > pseudo_palette was originally designed to be a pointer to some kind of > data for color register programming. For example many PPC graphics cards > have a color register region. Now you could have that point to Does this correspond to the LUT i have in my boards ? BTW, what is the point in having a pseudo_palette if you can store the colors in the onchip LUT table. Friendly, Sven Luther ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com