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.
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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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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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