Re: [PATCH] matroxfb_base.c - a little fix

From: Petr Vandrovec (VANDROVE@vc.cvut.cz)
Date: Tue Feb 26 2002 - 19:01:06 EST


On 27 Feb 02 at 3:36, Denis Zaitsev wrote:
> BTW, a little question: you use the (green.length == 5) test to
> distinct bpp15 from bpp16 (matroxfb_base.c:509). Why? Is the "real"
> 15 not used as the bits_per_pixel's value? Thanks in advance.

Yes, it is per spec. bits_per_pixel is bits per pixel, and for both
1:5:5:5 and 5:6:5 this is 16. Matrox hardware does not support 15bpp
pixels (16 pixels in 15 bytes)...
                                        Best regards,
                                            Petr Vandrovec
                                            vandrove@vc.cvut.cz
                                            
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