On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:26:15 +1000 Benjamin Herrenschmidt <b...@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 19:07 -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote: > > > Yeah I don't think we should try to change the mode, unless we > > really have to for whatever reason. fbcon should generally be able > > to paint to whatever we have up as long as we set it up properly. > > Well... it may not. IE. The text consoles can be using a different > mode than X, and so fbcon will be all setup for that ... (including > how many lines/columns etc...). Yeah, I was suggesting we change fbcon's view of the world at panic time, rather than trying to change the mode. It's a bit of surgery though... -- Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Are you an open source citizen? Join us for the Open Source Bridge conference! Portland, OR, June 17-19. Two days of sessions, one day of unconference: $250. Need another reason to go? 24-hour hacker lounge. Register today! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;215844324;13503038;v?http://opensourcebridge.org -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
