From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Otto Solares Subject: Re: [PATCH] neofb patches Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 18:40:59 -0600 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20040501004059.GD30285@guug.org> References: <20040430150627.GB1543@sci.fi> 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 (Exim 4.30) id 1BJiYf-0001za-ST for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 17:40:45 -0700 Received: from guug.galileo.edu ([168.234.203.30] helo=guug.org) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BJiYf-0005cN-Ja for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 17:40:45 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: James Simmons Cc: Ville =?iso-8859-1?Q?Syrj=E4l=E4?= , Linux Frame Buffer Device Development On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 05:50:07PM +0100, James Simmons wrote: > 2) Several of the above libraries depend on mode changing being avaliable > in fbdev. Take that away and alot of companies will be very upset. I > tell you if I owned/worked for a company that wrote embedded software > that changed the video mode via fbdev (which BTW I do) and that was > taken away I would be very upset!!!! The only we use the fbdev interface > is because it is easy to port our software from one box to another and > second it does mode switching for us. We don't need to write the mode > switching for each box. You take that away and the reality is companies > will have no real reason to use the fbdev api anymore. We will just come > up with our own thing. Do you really want that to happen? I agree. Mode switching is a core function for a low-level graphics layer. -otto ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click