RE: [linux-fbdev] Re: macmodes/modedb

On Thu, 18 May 2000, Brad Douglas wrote:

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From: Geert Uytterhoeven [mailto:geert@linux-m68k.org]

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Another option is to not try and do everything in fb_find_mode().

You cannot do everything in fb_find_mode() since monitor sense is
a per-monitor issue, not global.

As of now, all drivers have a 1:1 relationship with a monitor.  Even the
Matrox G400 driver insmods a second driver for the 2nd head.  Should we
expect this to change?  I do not believe fbdev is capable of initializing
two video cards from a single driver, but I could be wrong -- I have no
ability to test.

Yes it is. There are drivers that can handle multiple cards. And you can have
different cards as well.

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One possible thing (in each fbdev driver :-(

    default_mode = NULL;
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_ALL
    sense = ...;
    default_mode = mac_map_monitor_sense(sense);
#endif
    ... = fb_find_mode(..., default_mode, ...);

I believe this would be acceptable, but we'll have to change
mac_map_monitor_sense() to return fb_videomode instead of VMODE.
fb_find_mode() will be unhappy to get an int when it's expecting
fb_videomode. ;)

Of course.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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