From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: [PATCH] pxafb: Add support for other palette formats Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 17:58:35 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: References: <200707031607.08511.hjk@linutronix.de> <468A6159.6000808@grupopie.com> <200707031703.53102.hjk@linutronix.de> <18058.28725.106989.860166@ipc1.karo> 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-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I5km0-00005m-9Z for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:58:40 -0700 Received: from ananke.telenet-ops.be ([195.130.137.78]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1I5kly-00014o-Uk for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:58:40 -0700 In-Reply-To: <18058.28725.106989.860166@ipc1.karo> 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: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Paulo Marques , linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk On Tue, 3 Jul 2007, Lothar Wassmann wrote: > > Can userspace applications work with such a weired format? > > If yes, I'm looking forward to your patch. > > > At least framebuffer consoles don't work with that. So you should > add a configuration option that allows enabling the strange PXA pixel > formats only when CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE is not set. Of course framebuffer consoles handle that! Just make sure to implement proper fb_ops.fb_{fillrect,copyarea,imageblit}(). Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/