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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 12:15:22 +0200 (MEST)
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Peter Horton <pdh@berserk.demon.co.uk>
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On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Peter Horton wrote:
> * Hacked wildly at the colour support to get it to work. Removed use of
> the palette for 15/16 bit modes (I can't fathom why it was there in the
> first place). The palette is now initialised to an identity mapping for
> 15/16/32 bit modes. The consoles now work fine at all colour depths, and
> the Tux logo is displayed correctly at all depths too :-)

If you use the palette in directcolor modes (instead of emulating truecolor
mode), the console palette can be changed without redrawing the screen, just
like in VGA text mode.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds

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