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SubjectRe: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [RFC] fbdev & power management
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>> Either that, or the fbdev would register with PCI (or whatever), _and_
>> fbcon would too independently. In that scenario, fbcon would only handle
>> things like disabling the cursor timer, while fbdev's would handle HW
>> issues. THe only problem is for fbcon to know that a given fbdev is
>> asleep, this could be an exported per-fbdev flag, an error code, or
>> whatever. In this case, fbcon can either buffer text input, or fallback
>> to the cfb working on the backed up fb image (that last thing can be
>> handled entirely within the fbdev I guess).
>
>I'd go for a fallback to dummycon. It's of no use to waste power on creating
>graphical images of the text console when asleep. And the fallback to
dummycon
>is needed anyway while a fbdev is opened (in 2.5.x).

We do already have the backup image since we need to backup & restore the
framebuffer content.

Ben.



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