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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9847] New: i810fb: module
 parameter 'mode_option' inconsistent with other framebuffer modules
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:33:25 -0800
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Cc: miki@dds.nl, bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:02:39 -0800 (PST) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:

> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9847
> 
>            Summary: i810fb: module parameter 'mode_option' inconsistent with
>                     other framebuffer modules
>            Product: Drivers
>            Version: 2.5
>      KernelVersion: 2.6.22
>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: Console/Framebuffers
>         AssignedTo: jsimmons@infradead.org
>         ReportedBy: miki@dds.nl
> 
> 
> Latest working kernel version: -
> Earliest failing kernel version:
> Distribution: Debian Release: lenny/sid
> Hardware Environment: Intel PIII / i815M
> Software Environment:
> Problem Description: While all other framebuffer modules use the option
> "mode=..." to specify a modedb-style video mode, i810fb uses the non-standard
> "mode_option=..." This breaks the use of "video=i810fb:<videomode>" boot
> parameter, such that for instance "video=i810fb:1024x768" doesn't work.
> The boot scripts parse the "<videomode>" parameter internally and pass 
> it to the correct module as 'mode=<videomode>'.
> 
> -Alain

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