From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com>,
"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: Opinions on removing /proc/tty?
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:01:17 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060711220117.GD663@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9e4733910607091744k273a7351l16abbcc6ff8c4bbd@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 08:44:24PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
> Much simpler solution:
>
> cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/modes
> mode_string
> mode_string
> mode_string
> mode_string
> mode_string
> mode_string
> mode_string
> mode_string
> mode_string
> mode_string
> mode_string
> ...
How do you handle the issue when this file overflows a PAGE_SIZE buffer?
> echo mode_string >/sys/class/graphics/fb0/mode
Yeah, that initially looks very simple, but again, it violates the sysfs
rules. No matter how stupid you think they are, it still doesn't
matter...
If you really don't like it, make a fbfs, it's only about 200 lines of
code...
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-11 22:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-08 2:56 Opinions on removing /proc/tty? Jon Smirl
2006-07-08 5:30 ` Randy.Dunlap
[not found] ` <9e4733910607072256q65188526uc5cb706ec3ecbaee@mail.gmail.com>
2006-07-09 5:04 ` Randy.Dunlap
[not found] ` <9e4733910607082220v754a000ak7e75ae4042a5e595@mail.gmail.com>
2006-07-09 5:27 ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-07-09 10:07 ` Antonino A. Daplas
[not found] ` <9e4733910607090645l236f17f1sb9778f0fc6c6ca01@mail.gmail.com>
2006-07-09 17:35 ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-07-09 23:31 ` Antonino A. Daplas
[not found] ` <9e4733910607091744k273a7351l16abbcc6ff8c4bbd@mail.gmail.com>
2006-07-11 22:01 ` Greg KH [this message]
[not found] ` <9e4733910607111532s3fc2bb52q3f0247a9f2289d4e@mail.gmail.com>
2006-07-13 18:37 ` Greg KH
2006-07-08 7:40 ` Mike Galbraith
2006-07-08 14:12 ` Jon Smirl
2006-07-08 14:48 ` Alan Cox
2006-07-08 16:20 ` Jon Smirl
2006-07-08 17:20 ` Russell King
2006-07-11 22:03 ` Greg KH
2006-07-08 16:12 ` Greg KH
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-07-09 5:30 Albert Cahalan
2006-07-09 14:04 ` Jon Smirl
2006-07-09 16:23 ` Albert Cahalan
2006-07-09 17:00 ` Ray Lee
2006-07-09 17:08 ` Ray Lee
2006-07-09 19:26 ` Albert Cahalan
2006-07-09 19:31 ` Russell King
2006-07-09 19:57 ` Albert Cahalan
2006-07-10 14:02 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-07-10 15:06 ` Albert Cahalan
2006-07-10 22:17 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-07-11 1:07 ` Albert Cahalan
2006-07-11 1:48 ` H. Peter Anvin
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