Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 23:58:24 +0200
From: Willy Tarreau <willy@w.ods.org>
To: Thomas Backlund <tmb@iki.fi>
Cc: Willy Tarreau <willy@w.ods.org>, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.4.21-rc1] vesafb with large memory
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On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 03:46:57PM +0300, Thomas Backlund wrote:
 
> Oh man...
> I must have been sleeping when I posted that patch...

no problem, we all need some sleep at least once a week ;-)

> the correct line should AFAIK be:
> video_size = screen_info.lfb_width * screen_info.lfb_height * video_bpp;
> 
> (AFAIK we are calculating bits here, not bytes so the '/8' you used is 
> wrong... could you try without it, and let me know...)

OK, I was assuming that video_size was in bytes. I will retry without the /8.

> I'll be rebuilding and retesting my system today or tommorrow,
> but I wuold like to hear if it works for you...

I just come back home this evening, so let's say you'll get a feedback tomorrow
morning.

Regards,
Willy

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