Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Linux fbcon.c

[Geert U. <ge...@li...>]

On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Florian Lechner wrote:
> ANYBODY OUT there to help me?
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> So my Question:
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> 	I'm trying to rotate the fb by 180=B0.=20

In the console, or in X?

> Reason:
> 	I have an embedded board ElanSC400, C&T 65550, etc.=20
>=20
> I'm reading the driver/video code for a couple of days now, and pinned
> down myself to three points where I have to do changes to rotate the
> display.
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> 	fbcon.c --> fbcon_putc
> 	fbcon.c --> fbcon_putcs
> 	fbmem.c	--> fb_write
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> Is that correct?

For the console, I'd just write my own fbcon-*.c replacement (e.g.
fbcon-cfb8-r180.c, cloned from fbcon-cfb8.c) where you take the rotation =
in
mind in the following functions:

  - bmove
  - clear
  - putc
  - putcs
  - revc
  - clear_margins
   =20
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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