Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Type confusion in fbcon

[David S. Miller]

On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 01:18, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> That's because originally there was no fix.line_length field, and the line
> length was derived from var.xres_virtual and var.bits_per_pixel.
> 
> With some hardware, the line length must be a multiple of 32 or 64 bits, and we
> needed a way to specify that, so fix.line_length was introduced. If it was
> zero, user code should fallback to the old behavior.

And with some cards, the line length is constant.  Ie. to get to
"X, Y + 1" for a given "X, Y" you add a constant to your current
frame buffer pointer.

That is what fix.line_length is for right?