Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Supporting various depth

[James S. <jsi...@tr...>]

> > Ok, what about the fbdev driver silently converting bpp 15 to bpp 16 and
> > setting RGB5551 ?
> 
> Why? API is complicated enough just now (btw, does anybody know driver
> which implements this API correctly? I do not...)

Such a mess. As in my other post we are going to get into a whole heap of
trouble when we start supporting cards with multiple buffers of many
different types. We even run into this problem now. Some cards have
seperate buffer for YUV. What do we use for rgba values then? Of course
this will require heavy thinking on how to clear this up. 
    Anyways I will be working on a fbdev filesystem as discussed on the
lkml in the near future. I haven't found time yet but I will get to it.
This will give us the chance to start with a new better userland api. Plus
using a filesystem gives us other advantages.