Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:40:06 +0800 | From | "Antonino A. Daplas" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fbdev: Fix usage of blank value passed to fb_blank |
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Andrew Morton wrote: > "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com> wrote: >> Unfortunately, this may cause some userland breakage. X should work. >> However, some apps may have been developed that uses the FB_BLANK constants >> (DirectFB?). In these cases, they'll get a deeper blank level instead, so it >> probably won't affect them significantly. A follow up patch that hides the >> FB_BLANK constants may be worthwhile. > > Would prefer to avoid any userland breakage. Is this followup patch > happening?
I'm still doing research on which major fb apps depend on the FB_BLANK constants, but my guess is that the follow up patch is inevitable. We cannot avoid bending over backwards for X :(
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