Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:40:44 -0700 | From | Jesse Barnes <> | Subject | Re: [git pull] drm: previous pull req + 1. |
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On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:26:15 +1000 Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 19:07 -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote: > > > Yeah I don't think we should try to change the mode, unless we > > really have to for whatever reason. fbcon should generally be able > > to paint to whatever we have up as long as we set it up properly. > > Well... it may not. IE. The text consoles can be using a different > mode than X, and so fbcon will be all setup for that ... (including > how many lines/columns etc...).
Yeah, I was suggesting we change fbcon's view of the world at panic time, rather than trying to change the mode. It's a bit of surgery though...
-- Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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