From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] fbcon/fbdev: Remove fbc Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 10:37:13 +0800 Message-ID: <200411031037.15235.adaplas@hotpop.com> References: <82235870BEB@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> <200411030512.16925.adaplas@hotpop.com> <20041103001725.GB24964@vana.vc.cvut.cz> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1CPB1z-00047f-UZ for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 02 Nov 2004 18:37:51 -0800 Received: from smtp-out.hotpop.com ([38.113.3.71]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CPB1y-00035v-D1 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 02 Nov 2004 18:37:51 -0800 Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [38.113.3.103]) by smtp-out.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 9D7AC118F293 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 02:37:30 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <20041103001725.GB24964@vana.vc.cvut.cz> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net 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" To: Petr Vandrovec , adaplas@pol.net Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, akpm@osdl.org On Wednesday 03 November 2004 08:17, Petr Vandrovec wrote: > On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 05:12:15AM +0800, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > On Tuesday 02 November 2004 19:46, Petr Vandrovec wrote: > > > On 2 Nov 04 at 19:46, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > Why not just leave the hardware uninitialized after register_framebuffer? > > Then, initialize it at the first call to xxxfb_open()? We can even check > > a flag so we do this only once. This way if people accidentally enabled > > matroxfb but forgot to enable fbcon, they will still get a usable vga > > console. > > Because hardware driver is supposed to drive hardware. Plus I do not > agree with paradigm that open should do something special unless each open > provides completely separate view (like opening /dev/ptmx). Harddisk also > does not spin up when you open /dev/hda and does not stop when you close > it. Petr Vandrovec Ok, we'll do the flag in matroxfb_set_par(). Tony ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click