From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ondrej Zajicek Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] gxfb: Replace FBSIZE config option with a kernel argument Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 23:00:25 +0100 Message-ID: <20080309220025.GD9971@localhost.localdomain> References: <20080223011045.48e6cb8e@ephemeral> <20080227163105.e1b96023.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080227195839.1e86074e@ephemeral> <20080308201950.28f6eae8@ephemeral> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JYTZT-0005dk-OK for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:00:43 -0700 Received: from smtp1.kolej.mff.cuni.cz ([78.128.192.10]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1JYTZS-0001Pr-6H for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:00:43 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080308201950.28f6eae8@ephemeral> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Andres Salomon Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, adaplas@gmail.com On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 08:19:50PM -0500, Andres Salomon wrote: > > assuming this is historical at this point, and manual options parsing can > > be removed from all fb drivers at this point, or is there another reason > > why manual parsing would be necessary? > > > > Could I get an answer from the fbdevel folks about this? It looks like > the fb_get_options stuff is there for backwards compatibility. I think so. I used fb_get_options() in arkfb and vt8623fb for mode option only. Universal notation module.option=value is much nicer than manual options parsing. -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Ondrej 'SanTiago' Zajicek (email: santiago@crfreenet.org, jabber: santiago@njs.netlab.cz) OpenPGP encrypted e-mails preferred (KeyID 0x11DEADC3, wwwkeys.pgp.net) "To err is human -- to blame it on a computer is even more so." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/