linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rivafb: dubious assignment

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Date:	Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:18:52 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
CC:	Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@...ai.net>,
	Antonino Daplas <adaplas@...il.com>,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rivafb: dubious assignment

On 10/22/2010 10:47 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 13:31, Nicolas Kaiser<nikai@...ai.net>  wrote:
>> A duplicated assignment unconditionally changes max_gfsize to
>> GFIFO_SIZE.
>>
>> It looks to me like this might not be intended, or is it?
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Kaiser<nikai@...ai.net>
>> ---
>>   drivers/video/riva/riva_hw.c |    1 -
>>   1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/video/riva/riva_hw.c b/drivers/video/riva/riva_hw.c
>> index 78fdbf5..936abfa 100644
>> --- a/drivers/video/riva/riva_hw.c
>> +++ b/drivers/video/riva/riva_hw.c
>> @@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ static int nv3_iterate(nv3_fifo_info *res_info, nv3_sim_state * state, nv3_arb_i
>>      vmisses = 2;
>>      if (ainfo->gburst_size == 128) max_gfsize = GFIFO_SIZE_128;
>>      else  max_gfsize = GFIFO_SIZE;
>> -    max_gfsize = GFIFO_SIZE;
>>      while (1)
>>      {
>>          if (ainfo->vid_en)
>> --
>> 1.7.2.2
>
> According to full-history-linux, this comes from the initial drop in 2.3.49pre2,
> from nVidia code(?), imported by Jeff Garzik.

Yep, came straight from X.org driver code...   Patch certainly looks 
correct, but who knows but NV for sure :)


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