Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Patch to add mode setting to sysfs

[Antonino A. D. <ad...@ho...>]

On Friday 18 February 2005 15:27, Jon Smirl wrote:
> Next version of sysfs patch. Fills out more attributes. Feel free to
> add code for missing implementations. Modifies fbcon to copy mode
> structure instead of taking a reference to it. Modular fbdev is

Modifying fbcon to get a copy of the mode still won't work.  What if
the consoles are at 1600x1200, and then you plug in a new monitor
capable only of 1024x768 max?  So you still need to send an
event, and fbcon needs to capture this event so it can resize the
consoles to fit the new monitor.

Tony