Re: [PATCH 2.6.17-rc6-mm2] fbdev: tag by scantype in sysfs
From: Daniel THOMPSON <hidden>
Date: 2006-06-20 09:42:39
From: Daniel THOMPSON <hidden>
Date: 2006-06-20 09:42:39
Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
Daniel THOMPSON wrote:quoted
There has been no further comment since this was posted in early May. This either means is uncontentious or useless ... I hope the former.I thought you were still in 'discussion' mode with Geert :-)
I was, but there was no further discussion so I brought it back to you.
Anyway, this should be fine, I'm just a bit worried that it might break existing user apps that might be used to having modes without the scan type specified.
I shared this worry which is why my original patch only tagged the, comparatively rare, interlaced modes. However the current approach (no optional fields) is slightly cleaner and I took the view that since no-one on fbdev-devel seems to object ... -- Daniel Thompson (STMicroelectronics) [off-list ref] 1000 Aztec West, Almondsbury, Bristol, BS32 4SQ. 01454 462659 If a car is a horseless carriage then is a motorcycle a horseless horse?