Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] mode change policy

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

On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, James Simmons wrote:
> > The other thing that will break things is changing pixclock from ps to MHz...
> 
> But of course. The default behavior should stay. In the fb_fix_screeninfo
> field we add a api_version id. For old programs this will be zero. For
> newer programs we can have them check this value and behave accordly. I
> provided the macros to convert from one to the other in fb.h in my CVS
> already. Should we wait for 2.5.X? 

Alternatively, what about putting the pixclock in MHz in a new field in var?
For old applications, it will be zero. So the fbdev can distinguish between old
and new behavior, and it should return both the old (ps) and new (MHz)
pixclock fields.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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