# Re: mono, gray and index configs

- From: Geert Uytterhoeven \<geert@linux-m68k.org\>
- Date: 2005-08-12 07:24:42 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2005/08/13455378
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2005/08/13455364/t.md

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On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
> Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Antonino Daplas wrote:
> > > (Depending on how correct I am with the interpretation, there might be
> > > some bugs in fbdev on how it determines the color depth. No one is
> > > complaining yet though, so greater than 1-bit monochrome is probably
> > > rare if not nonexistent.)
> > 
> > There definitely are bugs w.r.t. this, especially in the 2.4 logo code ;-)
> > 
> 
> Yes, I would agree.  Do you know of any outstanding bugs on color handling
> in 2.6 code, especially for hardware with bitdepths < 8? I would like to
> fix them.

Unfortunately not. Due to personel reasons, I temporarily don't have much
time left to do real coding.

You can always try vgafb's 16 color mode and check for yourself.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds


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