Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Some questions

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

> Do you remember how modes were set before the existence of fbset? I guess not
> :-)

before my time.

> A driver could support up to 31 modes (cfr. the old minors). You changed mode
> by touch'ing the /dev/fb0my_favorite_mode special device that corresponded to
> the mode you wanted.

Yuck!!!!
 
> > userland database I often couldn't change video modes after booting. 
> 
> Ugh, those are serious driver bugs....

So the arrgument that fbset is the solution to all problems is bogus IMO.

> > We should split the monitor programing stuff out from stuff like bpp etc.
> > Now if you think about it we can do things like change the bpp without 
> > having to redo the monitor programming. This is the flaw with the old and 
> > even the new api. 
> 
> You could have done that from the beginning. Just look at which fields have
> changed and which haven't.

I should of but didn't because I knew driver would take teh path of lest 
resistance to port there drivers. TO much change would have made the 
current situtation much much worst.