From: James Simmons <jsimmons@transvirtual.com>
To: Petr Vandrovec <vandrove@vc.cvut.cz>
Cc: torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.24 matroxfb memory corruption
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 10:12:49 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <afq2n7$if1$2@main.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020630002834.GG25118@ppc.vc.cvut.cz>
> do_install_cmap(), he blindly changed also matroxfb, which happily
> uses fbcon.currcon == -1. This caused memory corruption because of
> memory before fb_display[] array was overwritten.
> Default do_install_cmap() also installed invalid default color map
> in some matroxfb resolutions. Not all world have >= 4bpp.
Applied to BK tree.
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2002-07-01 17:12 ` James Simmons [this message]
2002-06-30 0:28 [PATCH] 2.5.24 matroxfb memory corruption Petr Vandrovec
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