Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 2 Dec 2002 21:15:09 +0000 (GMT) | From | James Simmons <> | Subject | Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] FBDev: fix for fbcon Oops |
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> This fixes fbcon oopsing at load time which is due to the fb_cursor's > palette index entries being improperly updated.
Fixed.
> A new kind of 'emacs glitch' appeared, though. This can be described as > a block of text that is incompletely copied, ie when "tabbing" a line > of text. This is present with all hardware I tested, soft accel and > hardware accel, which indicates a problem in the higher layers (probably > fbcon). vgacon works okay.
Its is fbcon. If you play with the low level driver to draw things you noticed everything is okay. I have to track it down.
> Other changes: > > 1. optimization of fbcon_accel_putcs()
Applied. If you look at my patch I attempted to make fbcon_pixmap dynamic instead of a static memeory area. It oops so I have that code commented out for now. Actually I applied it when the fix came out rigth away.
> 2. enabling logo displays at all packed pixel formats (as long as > fb_imageblit is supported)
This didn't apply well. Only thing missing.
> 3. Various fbcon_accel_cursor() fixes which would have resulted in > wrong cursor colors or an invisible cursor.
Applied. Worked now :-)
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