Re: [PATCH] fbdev: workaround for broken X servers
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date: 2004-11-05 12:17:37
On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
quoted
But every existing application that uses (shiver) the kernel headers will break after this change...Geert, can you explain the whole story please ?
The story about the +1 or the story about the breakage?
The Story About The +1
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Since the VESA levels do not provide a way to blank (`make it black') the
screen, the +1 is introduced. Hence 0 means unblank, 1 means black screen, 2
means lowest power save level, and so on...
The Story About The Breakage
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Every application that passes VESA_*+1 will break when recompiled, since (most
of) the VESA_* values are incremented by 1 by the patch.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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