From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Winischhofer Subject: Re: Some questions Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 16:59:31 +0100 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <3E661EE3.8060108@winischhofer.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [213.229.38.66] (helo=mail.falke.at) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 18qbLa-0007nD-00 for ; Wed, 05 Mar 2003 08:02:22 -0800 Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Antonino Daplas , Linux Fbdev development list Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Thomas Winischhofer wrote: > >>Antonino Daplas wrote: >> >>>>Ack. Is 16 fuzzy enough, what do you think? >>> >>>I think you should only accept modes where the difference is a fraction >>>of a character width or height. A difference more than that and >>>clear_margins() will not work correctly. >> >>How do I - from a low level fb driver - determine the character size? > > > You cannot. That's called fbcon-fbdev separation. My question was, basically, meant ironic. But this is funny: You tell me that the difference should not exceed the fraction of a character, but it is impossible to find out how wide/tall characters are. Guys, that won't work. I have to deal with LCD displays and TV output as well (not to say "mainly") and I can't just set up odd modes like 800x592, or mode resolutions based on calculations with any possible odd font dimension. Thomas -- Thomas Winischhofer Vienna/Austria mailto:thomas@winischhofer.net http://www.winischhofer.net/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com