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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org>,
	linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uvesafb: don't treat valid modes returned by fb_find_mode() as errors
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 22:54:12 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080305225412.ad1d3bb5.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080127113456.GA17976@spock.one.pl>

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:34:56 +0100 Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org> wrote:

> From: Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org>
> 
> Don't treat valid modes returned by fb_find_mode() (best-fit modes,
> default modes or the first valid mode) as errors.
> 

This changelog is too brief.

> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/video/uvesafb.c b/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
> index a14ef89..fc68b3e 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
> @@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ static int __devinit uvesafb_vbe_init_mode(struct fb_info *info)
>  	}
>  
>  	/* fb_find_mode() failed */
> -	if (i == 0 || i >= 3) {
> +	if (i == 0) {
>  		info->var.xres = 640;
>  		info->var.yres = 480;
>  		mode = (struct fb_videomode *)
> 

Because I cannot tell what are the consequences of the bug which you're
fixing, hence I cannot tell whether we need this fix in 2.6.25 or even
2.6.24.


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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-27 11:34 [PATCH] uvesafb: don't treat valid modes returned by fb_find_mode() as errors Michal Januszewski
2008-03-06  6:54 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2008-03-16 11:23   ` Michal Januszewski

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