Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Reworked 16 bit patch for aty128fb

[Michel <da...@io...>]

Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> 
> >This time it's against Linus' (or rather Debian's, but I doubt there are
> >any Debian specific aty128fb changes) 2.4.5 .
> >
> >
> >Question: the palette of the second head is still programmed for the M3,
> >but BenH has that #if 0'ed out in his tree - any consensus yet as to if
> >it's actually necessary?
> 
> It's only necessary if the second DAC is actually used, which is never
> the case, currently, with aty128fb. It's the case however with offb when
> OF itself sets the card in dual head mode.

But that's none of aty128fb's business is it? :) What about non-PPC platforms?


Thanks,


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