From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Zielinski Subject: Re: [PATCH] radeonfb(): memmove() fix -- this one works ;-) Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:11:46 -0400 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <40902C22.1090700@undead.cc> References: 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 4.30) id 1BIxHV-0003sI-MQ for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 15:11:53 -0700 Received: from ghoul.undead.cc ([216.126.84.18] helo=mail.undead.cc) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BIxHV-0005TB-8e for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 15:11:53 -0700 In-Reply-To: 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: James Simmons Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt , David Eger , Geert Uytterhoeven , "Antonino A. Daplas" , eger-dated-1082943669.d79d33@theboonies.us, Linux Fbdev development list James Simmons wrote: >But we do have that mechanism. Its call modedb. The only thing missing in >the VT layer is the depth value whcich we should have anyways. BTW VT220 > > The one limitation is that it has to be compiled into the kernel. I was working on a solution for that but my devel box died on me and I lost some of that code. I mentioned it a while back in this list. Basically the kernel would read in the modedb from a initramfs image file very early in the boot process. John ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click