linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Remove the use of magic macros for boot_params/screen

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Date:	Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:19:16 +0800
From:	"Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@...il.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Linux Arch Mailing list <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Remove the use of magic macros for
	boot_params/screen_info

On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 23:56 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Hi Linus,
> 
> Please pull:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hpa/linux-2.6-x86setup.git master
> 
> This patch removes all uses of magic macros to access the former
> zeropage, now the boot_params structure, as well as the screen_info
> structure.  The equivalent (pre-x86-merge) of the boot_params patch
> has been in -mm since shortly after 2.6.22.
> 
> A minor note: the video mode number 0x6A was officially assigned by
> VESA; the only VESA standard 7-bit video mode number ever assigned.
> 
> H. Peter Anvin (2):
>       [x86] remove uses of magic macros for boot_params access
>       Remove magic macros for screen_info structure members
> 

>  drivers/video/console/dummycon.c   |    4 +-
>  drivers/video/console/vgacon.c     |   51 ++++++++++++++-------------
>  drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c |    5 ++-
>  drivers/video/vga16fb.c            |    2 +-

Acked-by: Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@...il.com>

with respect to the drivers/video portion.

Tony

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