From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Zielinski Subject: Re: Restoring Screen when coming back from KD_GRAPHICS Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 11:28:36 -0500 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <3FEB1034.10801@undead.cc> References: <3FC4603C.2000702@undead.cc> <1072254378.739.65.camel@gaston> <3FEA0E0D.3030001@undead.cc> <1072306057.15476.19.camel@gaston> <3FEA3BEB.2060608@undead.cc> <1072348661.15461.31.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AZYM1-0000So-AG for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 08:28:53 -0800 Received: from mail.undead.cc ([216.126.84.18]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AZYM0-0000rr-Sp for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 08:28:53 -0800 In-Reply-To: <1072348661.15461.31.camel@gaston> Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Linux Fbdev development list , James Simmons Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: >I think we don't need (nor want) to go down that path. And I fail to >see what state info would matter anyway. > > >The fbdev's can restore what they need. What I mean is they can restore the >whole state needed for the mode, the palette and their own accel ops to >behave properly. That's all they have to care about. If a gfx app need >more engine state, it's up to this app to save/restore it. > > Good. Then I don't have to worry about that then. John ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click