From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Otto Solares Subject: Re: ioremap problem on highmem Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:56:54 -0600 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20031016165654.GA19795@guug.org> References: <1066299353.1509.132.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Cipher TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 1AABSN-00047P-00 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:58:35 -0700 Received: from guug.galileo.edu ([168.234.203.30]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1AABSM-0002Bp-IB for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:58:34 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1066299353.1509.132.camel@gaston> 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: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: James Simmons , Jon Smirl , Linux Fbdev development list On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 12:15:53PM +0200, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 01:11, James Simmons wrote: > > > Its is the userland responability to restore the console state after > > leaving KDGRAPHICS mode. You need to save the hardware state before you > > leave KDTEXT mode as well. > > That's a bit nasty as I just wrote, and very unpractical. Especially > since it's really a _LOT_ simpler for the fbdev to just restore its > state when going back to KDTEXT. Agree. fbcon should save it's state before leaving KDTEXT or reinitialize when leaving KDGRAPHICS. -solca ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php