Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 1/9] viafb: VIA Frame Buffer DeviceDriver - Resend

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Thu, 8 May 2008, Ondrej Zajicek wrote:
> On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 06:43:33PM +0200, Krzysztof Helt wrote:
> > PS. I assume that your driver will replace the existing vt8623fb (CLE266?) driver when ready. Am I right?
> 
> These drivers are hardly comparable. vt8623fb supports CLE266 with VGA output only,
> but allows arbitrary resolutions and pixclocks, high-res text mode and
> (partially) suspend/resume. viafb implements fixed resolutions only and
> have no text mode and no suspend/resume support (according to my quick
> look on it).

It's a pity viafb implements fixed resolutions only. Is there any
specific reason for that?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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