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Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 10:12:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: James Simmons <jsimmons@transvirtual.com>
To: Petr Vandrovec <vandrove@vc.cvut.cz>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.24 matroxfb memory corruption
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> do_install_cmap(), he blindly changed also matroxfb, which happily
> uses fbcon.currcon == -1. This caused memory corruption because of
> memory before fb_display[] array was overwritten.
>   Default do_install_cmap() also installed invalid default color map
> in some matroxfb resolutions. Not all world have >= 4bpp.

Applied to BK tree.


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