Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Jan 2000 08:24:28 +0100 (MET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fb.h cleanup |
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Erik Andersen wrote: > On Mon Jan 10, 2000 at 09:55:32AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, James A Simmons wrote: > > > Please test this patch. It's against a pre-2.3.39-2. Once you are happy > > > with it Geert can you send it to linus. Thank you. > > > > > -#define FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO 0x4600 > > > +#define FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO _IOWR(FB_IOC_MAGIC, 0, struct fb_var_screeninfo) > > > > Are these backwards compatible on all platforms? > > Does it matter? From user space you already have to do a > > #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,2,0) > foo > #else > bar > #endif > > since things like struct fb_var_screeninfo already > had its internals changed.
No you don't. All changes until now were backwards compatible.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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