linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/16] viafb: Retain GEMODE reserved bits

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Date:	Fri, 9 Apr 2010 14:30:32 -0600
From:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:	Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@....de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Harald Welte <laforge@...monks.org>,
	JosephChan@....com.tw, ScottFang@...tech.com.cn,
	Deepak Saxena <dsaxena@...top.org>,
	linux-fbdev-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/16] viafb: Retain GEMODE reserved bits

On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:23:06 +0200
Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@....de> wrote:

> > That had crossed my mind; there is quite a bit of duplicated code
> > between those two very long functions.  At the time I was focused on
> > making things work, and I didn't want to mess with code that I couldn't
> > actually test.  So further cleanup is on my list, but I would prefer to
> > defer it for a little bit.  
> 
> The code (and the spec regarding the reserved bits also) is obviously 
> identical so please don't ignore it.

In fact, I already came to this conclusion and have added a patch to
have both functions use the same code.

Thanks,

jon
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