Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] New API

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

On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 he...@ho... wrote:
> James Simmons writes:
>  > Hi folks. I finally hammered a newer api for framebuffer devices. I
>  > adapted skeletonfb.c to show it off. Feedback welcomed.
>  >
>  > /*
>  >  * linux/drivers/video/skeletonfb.c -- Skeleton for a frame buffer device
>  >  *
>  ...
>  > /**
>  >  *      xxxfb_imageblit - REQUIRED function. Can use generic routines if
>  >  *                        non acclerated hardware and packed pixel based.
>  >  *                        Copies a image from system memory to the screen.
>  >  *
>  >  *      @info: frame buffer structure that represents a single frame buffer
>  >  *	@image:	structure defining the image.
>  >  *
>  >  *      This drawing operation draws a image on the screen. It can be a
>  >  *	mono image (needed for font handling) or a color image (needed for
>  >  *	tux).
>  >  */
>  > void xxxfb_imageblit(struct fb_info *p, struct fb_image *image)
>  > {
>  > }
>
> Which bit ordering will be used? Leftmost = MSb (as in console fonts)
> or leftmost = LBb (as in XFree, at least in nVidia driver, which I'm
> familiar with)?

Kernel fonts wider than 8 pixels have always been big-endian.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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