Re: clipping

On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, James Simmons wrote:

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BTW, do we really need clipping in fb_ops.fb_{fillrect,copyarea,imageblit}()?

Personally, I don't think we need clipping.  I tried removing it before
(circa linux-2.5.30+), but the console segfaults whenever I decrease
var->yres_virtual.  I haven't tried this again with the newest
framebuffer framework though.

Any definitive answer on this?

What happens if you resize the VT to such a large size that columns*fontwidth >
xres_virtual or rows*fontheight > yres_virtual? I guess clipping prevents a
crash there?

Correct. Actually fbcon_resize checks to make sure the user doesn't do 
something stupid like this. So we might not needed. Hm.

And what if you use fbset to reduce the resolution below what's needed to
accomodate the current console size?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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