Re: Re: [PATCH] fbdev updates.

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Re: Re: [PATCH] fbdev updates.

From: Russell King <hidden>
Date: 2002-07-05 09:09:46

On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 10:53:35AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
If you have an `asymmetric' dual-head chipset (both heads are not independent,
and/or have different capabilities), you'll have 2 info structures, with one
shared par. So info and par cannot be combined.
That may be true for such systems.  I don't believe in imposing such
restrictions on drivers that can _never ever_ fall into that category.

-- 
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html



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Re: Re: [PATCH] fbdev updates.

From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date: 2002-07-05 09:40:16

On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Russell King wrote:
On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 10:53:35AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
quoted
If you have an `asymmetric' dual-head chipset (both heads are not independent,
and/or have different capabilities), you'll have 2 info structures, with one
shared par. So info and par cannot be combined.
That may be true for such systems.  I don't believe in imposing such
restrictions on drivers that can _never ever_ fall into that category.
Then just store your par in your info.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
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Re: Re: [PATCH] fbdev updates.

From: James Simmons <hidden>
Date: 2002-07-05 17:16:36

On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 10:53:35AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
quoted
If you have an `asymmetric' dual-head chipset (both heads are not independent,
and/or have different capabilities), you'll have 2 info structures, with one
shared par. So info and par cannot be combined.
That may be true for such systems.  I don't believe in imposing such
restrictions on drivers that can _never ever_ fall into that category.
Imposing a standard set of rules to a subsystem. What insane person would
ever do that?



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