Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] fbdev tree pulled into Linus tree

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

On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Petr Vandrovec wrote:
> fbdev bussiness. And while you'll move dispsw pointer, change
> it to the embeded structure. It will make life easier to
> atafb and matroxfb at least, as they like to modify fb_ops
> according to the hardware they find, and currently they
> modify structure global to the driver.

Yes, this can cause problems on machines with multiple graphics cards of the
same family, but using different acceleration features. That's why I made the
dispsw structs const, to make sure you copy them before modifying them. But now
e.g. atyfb doesn't compile anymore due to `assignment discards qualifiers from
pointer target type'.

> P.S.: I do not have your new email address here at home,
> and you are neither in MAINTAINERS nor in the CREDITS,
> I hope that the address I randomly choosed from the credits
> in fbdev files will work.

Fortunately you've picked the right one ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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