linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/29] gma500: revamp frame buffer creation and handling

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Date:	Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:44:21 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, greg@...ah.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/29] gma500: revamp frame buffer creation and handling

On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:38:59 -0700
Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:04:30 +0100
> Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> > From: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
> > 
> > Restructure this to work the same way as the i915 frame buffer does. That
> > cleans up various chunks of code.
> > 
> > We can now set a mode in modetest but mode restore is a bit iffy
> 
> Note that modetest doesn't do the VT dance, so if you don't clean
> things up in your ->lastclose the right mode probably won't come back.

Yes I figured that and its a later patch. Really the core DRI code ought
to do this - it has the knowledge to sort the mess out (it knows how to
do it for sysrq-v)

Alan
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