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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Radeon frame buffer driver
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On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 11:57:31AM +0100, benh@kernel.crashing.org wrote:
>
> Fine, though I noticed the get_cmap_len got changed to
> + return var->bits_per_pixel == 8 ? 256 : 16;
>

The colour map is only used by the kernel and the kernel only uses 16
entries so there isn't any reason to waste memory by making it any
larger. I checked a few other drivers and they do the same (aty128fb for
one).

P.
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