Re: [Patch 3/9]: Replace scr_readw/writew by scr_readg/writeg, etc

On Sat, Aug 29, 2026 at 14:11:00 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 06:47:05PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:

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vt: 32b glyph: 3. replace scr_readw/writew by scr_readg/writeg, etc.

I don't understand these lines in your patches, where are they from and
what are they for?

scr_readg and scr_writeg read and write an entire glyph, regardless of
whether that glyph is 16-bit or 32-bit.  The latter is determined by the
setting of CONFIG_FB_GLYPH_21BIT.

This is the main complication in these patches; having to cope with both
sizes of glyph, for backward compatibility, rather than just switching
to 32-bit glyphs.

thanks,

greg k-h

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