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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 23:00:25 +0100 From: Ondrej Zajicek <santiago@...reenet.org> To: Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-fbdev-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, adaplas@...il.com Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 1/4] gxfb: Replace FBSIZE config option with a kernel argument On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 08:19:50PM -0500, Andres Salomon wrote: > > assuming this is historical at this point, and manual options parsing can > > be removed from all fb drivers at this point, or is there another reason > > why manual parsing would be necessary? > > > > Could I get an answer from the fbdevel folks about this? It looks like > the fb_get_options stuff is there for backwards compatibility. I think so. I used fb_get_options() in arkfb and vt8623fb for mode option only. Universal notation module.option=value is much nicer than manual options parsing. -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Ondrej 'SanTiago' Zajicek (email: santiago@...reenet.org, jabber: santiago@....netlab.cz) OpenPGP encrypted e-mails preferred (KeyID 0x11DEADC3, wwwkeys.pgp.net) "To err is human -- to blame it on a computer is even more so." -- 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/
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