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

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

On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, James Simmons wrote:
> > So what should happen if you try to set depth 24 with fbset ? Silently set 32
> > bpp ? reject it ?
> >
> > Same goes for depth 15 ? should it silently be set to bpp 16, RGBA 5551, or
> > rejected ?
> 
> If we go by -depth really means -bpp then make it fail. If the user uses

Wrong. The rules are to round a value up if it doesn't fit and if possible.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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