From: Geert U. <ge...@li...> - 2004-06-23 16:08:51
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On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > The flow of fbset is upstream: fbset->fbdev->fbcon->vc (2.4 code) > > The flow of stty is downstream: stty->vc->fbcon->fbdev (2.6 code) > > > > I don't know how radeonfb does it though. > > I still think (didn't I repeat it often enough) that the whole idea > of stty "inventing" modes based on console size is broken. We simply > can't rely on good enough monitor detection & mode list building to > be able to pick proper modes. Not only our code is far from ready for > that, but it will also call all sort of problems to users (remember > you monitors that need different subtle geometry settings for each > different mode you use ?) > > It may have looked like a nice idea, but I think it's just wrong. > > fbset sends an ioctl straight to the fbdev, and doesn't update fbcon > at the moment. The callback mecanism I added for power management > should allow to restore 2.4 functionality there, but this has not > been implemented yet afaik. Oh yes, patches for that are starting to flow around! Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- ge...@li... In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds |