OK.
> However, it seems the default palette is not exactly right; using ye old
> console regression test (Nethack 3.2.2) things that should be brown are
> now yellow (the darker yellow; normal yellow objects seem brighter).
> Nethack does seem to draw things faster on vgafb than vgacon, though.
Aha. So the old palette was correct? There was one entry that didn't look
`logical' to me. So I `fixed' it. I'll revert that change.
> Also, an error appeared in the system log:
>
> fb0: VGA frame buffer device, using 32K of video memory
> kmem_alloc: NULL ptr (name=unknown)
> Console: colour frame buffer device 80x25
>
> fb_alloc_cmap uses kmalloc, so it would appear that the colormap problem
> is another victim of the mm system not being initialized yet (so
> initializing the colormap trashed *something*, and that memory was
> subsequently changed, munging the palette). Am I correct?
It doesn't trash anything. We've been seeing that warning for years on m68k.
Greetings,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/ Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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