Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] re: James's new API post

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

On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, James Simmons wrote:
> > > Yes. For example floating point support in the kernel. I'd like to know 
> > > how you'll persuade driver to know that '640x480-YUV422@59.94i' should be 
> > > NTSC 800x525 interlaced picture, and how you'll center picture on screen
> > > then? Where do you specify virtual xres and yres?
> > >  
> > Your overthinking it. For one, as long as modes are in a consistent format,
> > it's easy for anyone to parse. And since people are already used to the
> > "640x480-16@70" style format, what's the big deal?
> 
> With modedb it wouldn't be that much of a big step.

But then we need to keep the mode database in memory. I think that belongs in
userspace.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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