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> ps3av: Use a kernel thread to handle the actual video mode setting, as this
> involves some quite big delays.

The ps3 fbdev already has it's own kernel thread no ? Why use a second
one ? We could just have the ps3av code keep the delays but be called by
a thread ?

Ben.