From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 13:28:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 13:28:19 -0500 Received: from hybrid-024-221-152-185.az.sprintbbd.net ([24.221.152.185]:5371 "EHLO opus.bloom.county") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 13:28:12 -0500 Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 10:54:52 -0700 From: Tom Rini To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Petr Vandrovec , linux-fbdev@vuser.vu.union.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [linux-fbdev] [PATCH] matroxfb as a module (PPC) Message-ID: <20010103105452.X26653@opus.bloom.county> In-Reply-To: <20010103091613.Q26653@opus.bloom.county> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: ; from geert@linux-m68k.org on Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 06:44:59PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 06:44:59PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Tom Rini wrote: > > Third, the nvram_read_byte needs to be protected by CONFIG_NVRAM. > > I'd really like to move the nvram part to mac_fb_find_mode() in macmodes.c, so > it will work automagically for all drivers on PowerMac. > > I'd also like to remove the `vmode' and `cmode' `video=' arguments, in favor of > the archictecture-neutral `x[-][@]' and > `[-][@]' arguments (which already work on mac, BTW). Quite wonderfully, almost. My monitor (ViewSonic G810) claims it can do 1280x1024@90, but when i boot with that on my x86 box, it comes up at 87.5 or so (and shifted to the left ~1 penguin). But anyways.. > You can already use `mac' instead of `vmode:'. Ah, is this documented anywhere? I'm sure it'd make some peoples life easier. > IMHO, the less PowerMac-specific code in _each_ driver, the better. I agree this sounds good. I just think it's too late to do it now. :) The vmode/cmode/vesa number stuff should stick around in 2.4 (it's too late now to remove it) but documented as obsolete, and removed in 2.5. -- Tom Rini (TR1265) http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/