Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] clipping

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

> > > BTW, do we really need clipping in fb_ops.fb_{fillrect,copyarea,imageblit}()?
> > Personally, I don't think we need clipping.  I tried removing it before
> > (circa linux-2.5.30+), but the console segfaults whenever I decrease
> > var->yres_virtual.  I haven't tried this again with the newest
> > framebuffer framework though.
> 
> Any definitive answer on this?
> 
> What happens if you resize the VT to such a large size that columns*fontwidth >
> xres_virtual or rows*fontheight > yres_virtual? I guess clipping prevents a
> crash there?

Correct. Actually fbcon_resize checks to make sure the user doesn't do 
something stupid like this. So we might not needed. Hm.