Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] broken cfb* support in the

[Petr Vandrovec]

On 14 Aug 02 at 21:30, James Simmons wrote:
> > Hi Linus, hello others,
> >   please apply this.
> >
> > line_length, type and visual moved from display struct to the fb_info's fix
> > structure during last fbdev updates. Unfortunately generic code was not updated
> > together, so now every fbdev driver is broken.
> 
> That was done to push people to port there drivers to the new api. I
> applied the patch to the Bk repository but expect more breakage.

Which new API? If you are going to remove logo and unaccelerated fbcon-cfb*,
then remove them completely. If you are not going to remove unaccelerated
fbcon-cfb*, then there is no reason for breaking them.

I'm not going to remove unaccelerated code from the matroxfb. Never.
                                                     Petr Vandrovec
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