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From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
	linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk, adaplas@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 3/4 v5] i.MX31: framebuffer driver
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:54:03 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0812231352390.17497@anakin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0812221929300.5241@axis700.grange>

On Mon, 22 Dec 2008, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/video/mx3fb.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,1853 @@

> +/**
> + * mx3fb_check_var() - check and adjust framebuffer variable parameters.
> + *
> + * @var:	framebuffer variable parameters
> + * @fbi:	framebuffer information pointer
> + */
> +static int mx3fb_check_var(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var, struct fb_info *fbi)
> +{

    [...]

> +	/* Copy nonstd field to/from sync for fbset usage */
> +	var->sync |= var->nonstd;
> +	var->nonstd |= var->sync;

What's the purpose of this (ab)use of .nonstd?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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  reply	other threads:[~2008-12-23 12:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-12-22 18:31 [PATCH 0/4 v5] i.MX31: dmaengine and framebuffer drivers Guennadi Liakhovetski
2008-12-22 18:31 ` [PATCH 1/4 v5] dmaengine: add async_tx_clear_ack() macro Guennadi Liakhovetski
2008-12-22 18:31 ` [PATCH 2/4 v5] i.MX31: Image Processing Unit DMA and IRQ drivers Guennadi Liakhovetski
2008-12-22 18:32 ` [PATCH 3/4 v5] i.MX31: framebuffer driver Guennadi Liakhovetski
2008-12-23 12:54   ` Geert Uytterhoeven [this message]
2008-12-22 18:32 ` [PATCH 4/4 v5] i.MX31: platform bindings and initialisation for IPU and framebuffer drivers Guennadi Liakhovetski

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