Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] aty128fb 15/16 bit cleanup

[Brad D. <br...@ne...>]

On 22 Jun 2001 02:16:54 +0200, Michel D=E4nzer wrote:
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> The attached patch significantly enhances the 16 bit handling of aty128fb=
.
> I've achieved this mainly by consequently distinguishing between 'depth' =
and
> 'bpp'. I've used these terms for the same meanings as in XFree86 4.x; ple=
ase
> let me know if you prefer other terms.
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> While this now works perfectly in X for both depth 15 and 16 as well as i=
n
> console for fbset -depth 16 -rgba 5,5,5,0 , some colors are wrong for
> fbset -depth 16 -rgba 5,6,5,0 . It's not clear to me whether the palette =
for
> 565 should have 32 or 64 entries.
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> The patch is against 2.4.5-pre3 from Benjamin Herrenschmidt's tree so the
> offsets are probably off for Linus' tree.
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> BTW I'd love to work on adding Rage128 and Radeon support to the new atyf=
b.
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> PS: Ah yes, the patch also fixes panning. :)

Sorry guys.  I've tried to send that patch to Linus several times without i=
t
ever being accepted.  I should have been more consistently persistent.

PS -

My surgery ended up taking 8 hours, but it looks like things went better th=
an
expected and I'll probably never need a transplant!  Now just to recover...

Brad Douglas
br...@ne...