From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 01:34:31 +0200 From: Samuel Rydh To: Linux/PPC Development Subject: Re: Video driver bug Message-ID: <20001008013431.A1138@ibrium.se> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: ; from toe@unlserve.unl.edu on Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 01:50:49PM -0500 Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 01:50:49PM -0500, Takashi Oe wrote: > > On Sat, 7 Oct 2000, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > > This problem is observable if one starts MOL from the console. MOL > > > changes the video mode on an inactive console in order to extract > > > certain video mode parameters (like rowbytes). > > Is there anything wrong with using FB_ACTIVATE_TEST flag for this usage? > With the flag, you get a legal var and active fb is untouched. > Well, using the FB_ACTIVATE_TEST only tells me whether a particular mode is acceptable or not. I need the information encoded in the fix structure which is only available for the active mode. /Samuel ---------------------------------------------------------- E-mail WWW: Phone/fax: (home) +46 8 4418431, (work) +46 8 7908470 ---------------------------------------------------------- ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/