[haiku-appserver] Re: pageflipper OK but/ overlay CMAP8

Hi again,

> Hi Rudolf,
> 
> "Rudolf" <drivers.be-hold@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Pageflipper indeed works nicely now!, also my own testapp nolonger 
> > shows the cursor at any time, so looking better than on R5 :)
> > However, every once in a while exiting pageflipper (alt-Q or alt-X, 
> > which one was it?) takes down the acceleration engine or doesn't 
> > quit 
> > alltogether (nolonger runs, shows static picture (most white), and 
> > if 
> > I 
> > switch to another workspace I can alt-ctrl-del and kill it.)
> > Can it be that the engine lock is not always released? Or there's 
> > something else happening..
> 
> I didn't see that yet, but I don't think it's caused by the engine's 
> lock because the app_server would then be locked up, too (and 
> wouldn't 
> let you switch workspaces).
> BTW quitting is usually done via Alt-Q :)

OK, I am just confusing different apps on different OS-ses then ;-)
Anyhow, the acceleration engine crashes sometimes. Maybe then an 
incomplete command gets sent to the engine i.e. the routine gets 
aborted mid-run. This is not a normal exit..

> That's simple, the overlay color is currently drawn on screen - but 
> that one doesn't translate to the magic overlay color yet for 
> B_CMAP8. 
> I think we'd need to handle this case specifically.

The palette needs an entry that carries the magic color fed to the 
driver as well. It's a normal 24bit entry as far as the driver is 
concerned: a 'copy' of RGB32 mode. (since the hardware looks at the DAC 
outputs, not the framebuffer, for the keying mechanism.)

Bye!

Rudolf.

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