Re: Some questions

[Thomas Winischhofer <thomas@winischhofer.net>]

Antonino,
> Your example - 1024x768, yres_virtual = 1152, font = 8x16
> 
> 2 cases:  
> 
> 1. full screeen console
> vc->vc_rows = 48
> 
> p->vrows = 72 - (768/16 - 48)
> p->vrows = 72 - 0
> p->vrows = 72

You're right. I made a mistake in my calculation.

> Granted, the patch I submitted was a quickwrite, never meant to be
> applied but serves only to illustrate.  This is a more proper patch,
> applied against James latest fbdev.diff.  It simplifies the equation,
> remove the unnecessary 'if' conditional.  Apply it, don't apply it, I
> don't care.

That's not up to me to decide. For me, the only thing that counts is 
that the console can deal with text areas that are smaller than the 
screen resolution. Besides, your last sentence was certainly not 
neccessary. You among friends here.

Thomas


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