Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Framebuffer with banked memory

[James S. <jsi...@in...>]

> On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 12:02, alain volmat wrote:
> >
> > What about adding fb_write / fb_read function in the
> > framebuffer (device dependant) driver. The same way as
> > for fb_mmap. I saw that at the beginning of fb_mmap in
> > fbmem.c, there is a test to see if the device driver
> > contains its own fb_mmap function, if so the device
> > driver fb_mmap will be used instead of the "generic"
> > fb_mmap. What about doing the same thing for fb_write
> > / fb_read.
> >
> I've seen a post by James sometimes ago about adding fb_write and
> fb_read to info->fbops.

Correct. The next set of fbdev changes will include this plus I added
fb_sync!!! Iknow this will make you happy:-)