Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:57:12 -0800 (PST) | Subject | Re: ATI Radeon DIRECTCOLOR -> TRUECOLOR patch | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Jonathan Campbell <jon@nerdgrounds.com> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:24:35 -0800
[ Ben H. is the Radeon driver maintainer, as listed in linux/MAINTAINERS, you might want to CC: him ]
> I don't know about you but when I ask the framebuffer to set up > 16-bit or 32-bit RGB modes I expect a video mode to be set up with > R, G, and B mapped linearly so that I can display images properly, > not some odd "directcolor" mode that seems to serve no other purpose > than to avoid a few shifts converting the fbcon palette to an RGB > triplet.
It might be using DIRECTCOLOR for compatibility with openfirmware, BOOTX, or similar on PowerPC.
Ben?
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