From: David Eger <eger@havoc.gtf.org>
To: adaplas@pol.net
Cc: Linux Fbdev development list <linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: Sane behavior of fbset
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 13:38:40 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040618173840.GA3989@havoc.gtf.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200406180945.12444.adaplas@hotpop.com>
On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 09:45:12AM +0800, Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Currently, using fbset either corrupts the display, or at worst, hangs the GPU. I consider
> this a critical bug. I don't want to discuss the pros/cons of using fbset vs stty to
> change the console size, but we need to make sure that using fbset (or any utility
> that utilizes the fb_set_var ioctl) does not produce undefined behavior. There are
> at least 3 possibilities:
>
> 1. Revert to 2.4 behavior. This is easy to add since fbdev already has a notifier
> support. (I already have working code for this). Of course, stty will still work.
Just for my enlightenment, could you give a synopsis of 2.4 behavior
versus 2.6 behavior?
-dte
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-18 17:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-18 1:45 Sane behavior of fbset Antonino A. Daplas
2004-06-18 8:24 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-06-23 18:52 ` jsimmons
2004-06-23 18:59 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-06-23 19:07 ` jsimmons
2004-06-23 19:17 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-06-23 19:21 ` jsimmons
2004-06-18 13:31 ` John Zielinski
2004-06-18 17:38 ` David Eger [this message]
2004-06-18 18:40 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2004-06-19 3:16 ` David Eger
2004-06-19 6:13 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2004-06-19 15:59 ` John Zielinski
2004-06-23 18:57 ` jsimmons
2004-06-23 15:55 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2004-06-23 16:08 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-06-23 17:29 ` John Zielinski
2004-06-23 20:39 ` jsimmons
2004-06-23 21:44 ` John Zielinski
2004-06-23 19:00 ` jsimmons
2004-06-23 19:38 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2004-06-23 20:03 ` jsimmons
2004-06-23 20:12 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2004-06-23 23:50 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2004-06-24 2:17 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2004-06-19 15:50 ` John Zielinski
2004-06-23 18:55 ` jsimmons
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