linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2] Resurrect Intel740 driver: i740fb

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Date:	Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:58:18 +0200
From:	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>
To:	Michel Dänzer <michel@...nzer.net>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@....de>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2] Resurrect Intel740 driver: i740fb

On Tuesday 23 August 2011, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Die, 2011-08-23 at 11:03 +0200, Ondrej Zary wrote:
> > On Monday 22 August 2011, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > > - 24bpp modes still don't work in fbtest but it looks like fbtest
> > > > bug!
> > > >
> > > > Is there any better way to test fb drivers than fbtest?
> > >
> > > X11 fbdev driver ?
> >
> > Thanks, completely forgot about that. It works fine even in 24bpp.
>
> Beware that Xorg defaults to 32 bpp for depth 24; did you verify in
> Xorg.0.log that it was really using 24 bpp?

Yes, found that very quickly as I was testing at 1280x1024 and the card cannot 
do 32bpp there. I had to set both DefaultDepth and DefaultFbBpp to 24 for X11 
to run.

-- 
Ondrej Zary
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