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Subject: Re: Re[2]: [STATUS] fbdev api.
From: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
To: James Simmons <jsimmons@infradead.org>
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On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 00:05, James Simmons wrote:
[...]
> Most of those fixes I already have in BK. I think yres_virtual being
> set to -1 is wrong. Also do we really need to call check var? The default
> mode is "trusted". Also fb_find_mode when we use it calls check_var.
> default_var already has the correct virtual res info. We do need to set
> fix tho :-)  Thanks for the fixes.
> 
That's okay James, the code that calls check_var() during init  is a
"temporary" code.  Rivafb happens to have a do_maximize() function that
computes for the highest yres_virtual when it's -1.  Currently, since
using fbset is broken, I do that to enable ypanning.  But it's not
important.

Tony


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