Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: [PATCH] Sysfs for framebuffer

[Jan De Luyck <lkml@kcore.org>]

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On Monday 22 March 2004 20:57, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 09:50:46AM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > > I prefere graphics myself. Display sounds to generic. That is what
> > > video and graphics output is piped to. Since fbdev doesn't handle video
> > > ouput normally this is kind of fuzzy sounding.
> >
> > I still prefer display...
>
> Bah, I don't want to argue here.  I've applied Kronos's patch as is to
> my device-2.6 tree which will end up in the next -mm release.
>
> I'll hold off forwarding this patch to Linus until after 2.6.5 is out,
> so that gives everyone a few days in which to argue the name a bunch and
> then send me a patch that changes it to the decided apon name (if it is
> to be changed.)

- From a users point of view: if there are only to be framebuffer devices listed 
in this class, why not call it just what it is: "Framebuffer" ? Naming it 
after something it is only in a broad sense makes no sense to me. I'd be 
looking in /sys/.../framebuffer instead of /sys/.../graphics or /display.

Display would be the EDID info of my screen (physical), and graphics... 
well... I'd half expect something like capture cards to be there...

Just my 0.02EUR.

Jan

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