Re: Behaviour change of /dev/fb0?

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

"Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Richard Purdie wrote:
> > Ignoring whether this is a good idea or not, under 2.6.15 you could run
> > 
> > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fb0
> > 
> > which would clear the framebuffer. It would end up saying "dd: /dev/fb0:
> > No space left on device".
> > 
> > Under 2.6.16 (and a recent git kernel), the same command clears the
> > screen but then hangs. Was the change in behaviour intentional? 
> > 
> > I've noticed this on a couple of ARM based Zaurus handhelds under both
> > w100fb and pxafb.
> > 
> 
> After reading 'man 2 read' more thoroughly, I've adjusted fb_write()'s
> return codes  appropriately.  Can you try this patch and let me know if it
> fixes your problem.
> 
> Tony
> 
> fbdev: Fix return error of fb_write()
> 
> - return -EFBIG if file offset is past the maximum allowable offset

OK.

> - return -EFBIG and write to end of framebuffer if size is bigger than the
>   framebuffer length

We should return the number of bytes written in this case.

> - return -ENOSPC and write to end of framebuffer if size is bigger than the
>   framebuffer length - file offset

Also here.


If we can transfer _any_ bytes, we should do so, then return the number of
bytes transferred.  If no bytes were transferrable then we should return
-Ewhatever.



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