Re: mono, gray and index configs

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Antonino A. Daplas wrote:

that all the lengths = 1 and offsets = 0.  Currently, we have no way to
specifically request for mono01, mono10, or 1-bit pseudocolor. Just check
for fix->visual afterwards.  

For mono01 or mono10, if the visual is pseudocolor, just set the colormap to
black/white or white/black.

For directcolor (indexed) vs truecolor, there is currently no way
to specify which visual you want.  You also have to check for fix->visual
afterwards.

One of the reason I also want this sysfs attribute is because in at
least 1 driver (i810fb), it's possible to choose between truecolor and
directcolor but it uses a hack by checking for the var->nonstd flag.

So the driver should use directcolor instead of truecolor if the hardware
supports it. The application can always set a linear colormap if it needs
truecolor.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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