Re: Re: Current discussion about the future of free software graphics

On Wed, 12 May 2004, James Simmons wrote:

I understand you point of the mode switching code being huge. The embedded
guys require really lean kernels. I have no problem making the mode switching
code modular. I just want to avoid the above overhead.

And for an embedded device with a fixed LCD screen you can easily make the mode
setting code __init, and disallow mode changes after boot up. One device
driver, just one more kernel config option. Some code has to do the mode
setting anyway, so better keep it in one place.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
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							    -- Linus Torvalds


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