linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/16] vt-pure-colors.diff

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <460FFC5C.8090200@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date:	Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:39:24 -0400
From:	James Bruce <bruce@...rew.cmu.edu>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/16] vt-pure-colors.diff

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> Have the Linux kernel set a new VGA palette for the first 16 colors.
> The new values reduce the saturation (white component) and therefore
> increase contrast.
<snip>

While the patch seems fine, this comment is not correct.  The patch is 
decreasing the *brightness* in order to *increase* saturation. 
Saturation[1] is the deepness of a color, not the white component 
(brightness, lightness).

  - Jim Bruce

[1] http://www.poynton.com/notes/colour_and_gamma/ColorFAQ.html#RTFToC6
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/