Re: [PATCH] radeonfb 2.4.19-pre2

Geert Uytterhoeven
2002-04-06T10:01:23Z

On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Peter Horton wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 12:15:22PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > If you use the palette in directcolor modes (instead of emulating truecolor
> > mode), the console palette can be changed without redrawing the screen, just
> > like in VGA text mode.
>
> Doesn't this then limit you to 32/64 colours in 15/16 bit mode (the
> original code reject attempts to set palette entries above these indexes)

Yes, but that's not a problem for emulating a text console. And the logo code
will use the 16-color penguin in that case.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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