Re: [linux-fbdev] Re: [PATCH] ATI Mach64 Framebuffer bug

From: James Simmons (jsimmons@acsu.buffalo.edu)
Date: Mon May 29 2000 - 21:59:10 EST


> On 29 May 00 at 13:58, Yuri Per wrote:
> > The check "con == currcon" is the same as in ALL other framebuffer drivers.
> > If this is wrong, all drivers should be changes, not only the ATI one.
> It depends... If driver can have more than one instance of hardware driven
> by same module, then check is wrong - you must have per-fb_info curcon
> (like matroxfb has). If you have different drivers, it is OK, as each
> driver has its own currcon (of course, you must mark 'currcon' static, not
> exported, otherwise it will not work as expected).

I prefere if the driver used info->display_fg->num to info->currcon because
we can easily make fbcon.c aware of info->display_fg since its already
in fb_info versus info->currcon which is only in a handful of drivers.

Q: Why did they deprecate a.out support in linux?
A: Because a nasty coff is bad for your elf.

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