From: Jon S. <jon...@gm...> - 2005-05-12 20:19:13
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On 5/12/05, Geert Uytterhoeven <ge...@li...> wrote: > > Before we get too far into this, has anyone determined if any user > > space app exists that does read/write from fbdev? I can't see a real > > need to keep this feature if no one is using it. If no one is using > > it, it would be much simpler just to remove the functions. >=20 > I think the only programs really using this are some screenshot programs,= like > cfb8toppm (which I wrote as a frame buffer sample program many years ago)= , > fbshot, and fbgrap (in Debian). >=20 > Of course these can be converted to use mmap(). Seems to me that it would be easier to drop the feature and update the apps= . --=20 Jon Smirl jon...@gm... |