From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with SMTP id D7CA84829 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 14:19:46 -0600 (MDT) From: Helge Deller To: Steve Pacenka Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] RTC and FB on 735/125 Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 22:18:08 +0200 Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org References: <03ab01c26266$2416dea0$1f96078d@acid> <003001c26327$d0db42e0$1f96078d@acid> <1032806776.2868.19.camel@romano> In-Reply-To: <1032806776.2868.19.camel@romano> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <200209232217.45577.deller@gmx.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Monday 23 September 2002 20:46, Steve Pacenka wrote: > The CRX24 framebuffer also works at 8 bit color, a bit faster. A minor > patch to one file in the kernel is needed (duplicating a few lines that > apply to another card's depth selection in the same file) and a kernel > boot argument is needed to (optionally) cause the kernel to start video > in 8 bit mode instead of the default 32. > > The hard drive I patched this on is recycled into another type of box, > but Helge Deller can guess what's needed just from this description. Hi Steve, I don't have a CRX24 and can't test anything. If you could post a patch here I could add it to the kernel. Greetings, Helge