Re: [PATCH 1/4] gxfb: Replace FBSIZE config option with a kernel argument

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008, Andres Salomon wrote:

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 23:00:25 +0100
Ondrej Zajicek [off-list ref] wrote:

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On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 08:19:50PM -0500, Andres Salomon wrote:

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assuming this is historical at this point, and manual options parsing can
be removed from all fb drivers at this point, or is there another reason
why manual parsing would be necessary?

Could I get an answer from the fbdevel folks about this?  It looks like
the fb_get_options stuff is there for backwards compatibility.

I think so. I used fb_get_options() in arkfb and vt8623fb for mode option
only. Universal notation module.option=value is much nicer than manual
options parsing.  

This `module.option=value' is a quite recent introduction? I first saw it
mentioned earlier this year...

If that is indeed the case, here's a patch that might be useful.  I have
no idea what kind of timeframe would be proposed for removing
fb_get_options (or if it's even desirable to remove it at all given that
people are likely still using video=$foo syntax).

Probably it's way too early for that...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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