[linux-cirrus] Re: monochrome framebuffer driver

  • From: Michael Burian <dynmail1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: linux-cirrus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:42:10 +0200

gaof fei wrote:
> Dear List,
> 
> I'm with v2.6.15-ep93xx-gao33. I have a question with the framebuffer
> driver(drivers/
> video/ep93xxfb.c). Why doesn't it support monochrome mode? 

Because nobody cared to implement / test / send a patch so far.

> In other
> words, if I would
> like to support it, what can I do with the function of
> ep93xxfb_set_var() or
> anything else?
> 
> By the way, in ep93xxfb_set_var(), there are two switch statements.
> There is the
> case of 4 in former, but there isn't the case in latter. Is it complete?

It isn't complete, it's just good enough for the kind of application
I'm using it. I'm interested in any improvements,but I don't have time
to implement them myself right now.

The driver could need an initial review on kernel-mentors and
linux-fbdev-devel afterwards.


Any volunteers?


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