Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [uclinux-dist-devel] [PATCH] [#7001] framebuffer: old image of last app would retain for a while after starting new app

[Mike F. <va...@ge...>]

On Thursday 15 March 2012 05:23:50 Wu, Aaron wrote:
> Old image of last application would retain for a while when starting a new
> application, this patch clear the frambuffer before displaying every time
> the fb is opened.

i'm not sure the behavior you describe is wrong.  in fact, i'm pretty sure it 
sounds correct.  if an app writes an image to the framebuffer and then quits, 
that image should stay there indefinitely until something else opens the 
framebuffer and draws their own image.
-mike