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To: Sven Luther <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr>
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Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: rotation.
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From: mru@users.sourceforge.net (=?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?=)
Date: 08 Jan 2003 12:25:18 +0100
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Sven Luther <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> writes:

> > > I'm about to implement rotation which is needed for devices like the ipaq. 
> > > The question is do we flip the xres and yres values depending on the 
> > > rotation or do we just alter the data that will be drawn to make the 
> > > screen appear to rotate. How does hardware rotate view the x and y axis?
> > > Are they rotated or does just the data get rotated? 
> > 
> > Where are you going to implement the rotation? At the fbcon or fbdev level?
> > 
> > Fbcon has the advantage that it'll work for all frame buffer devices.
> 
> But you could also provide driver hooks for the chips which have such a
> rotation feature included (don't know if such exist, but i suppose they
> do, or may in the future).

I heard of someone have problems with the display getting rotated in
Windows.  I don't know what chip it was.

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M?ns Rullg?rd
mru@users.sf.net
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