From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Eger Subject: Re: Sane behavior of fbset Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 13:38:40 -0400 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20040618173840.GA3989@havoc.gtf.org> References: <200406180945.12444.adaplas@hotpop.com> 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 1BbNKC-0004ks-Rh for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 10:38:48 -0700 Received: from havoc.gtf.org ([216.162.42.101]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BbNKC-0007tY-IF for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 10:38:48 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200406180945.12444.adaplas@hotpop.com> 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: adaplas@pol.net Cc: Linux Fbdev development list 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 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by The 2004 JavaOne(SM) Conference Learn from the experts at JavaOne(SM), Sun's Worldwide Java Developer Conference, June 28 - July 1 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA REGISTER AND SAVE! http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf Priority Code NWMGYKND