Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] LCD scaling type

[Benjamin H. <be...@ke...>]

On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 11:16, Antonino Daplas wrote: 
> 
> Well, yes of course, if a particular hardware feature is quite useful
> and common, then you need something definitive.  But what I also want is
> another field which will serve as a private communication channel
> between userspace and driver. Adventurous users/testers can use them to
> turn a unique hardware feature on/off.  This is similar to 'Tweak'ing
> utilities common in MS Windows.

I already do that in some drivers using private ioctl's, though if
what you want is really an additional "feature" affecting a mode
setting, then it makes sense to fit it into fb_var_screeninfo

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Benjamin Herrenschmidt <be...@ke...>