Re: [linux-fbdev] New api again

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

On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, James Simmons wrote:
> > How is this psuedo_palette used for new api?
> 
> It is actually for the higher up fbcon layer. Traditional VTs only had
> psuedocolor modes so we have to fake it for video modes that don't have 
> color maps. We can do things like:
> 
> bgx = ((u16 *)p->dispsw_data)[attr_bgcol_ec(p, conp)];
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
		info->pseudo_palette
> 
> Personally I hate it and wish their was another way around this.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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