From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761835AbZBYL5k (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:57:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757368AbZBYL5b (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:57:31 -0500 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:54817 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755616AbZBYL5b (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:57:31 -0500 Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:57:12 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20090225.035712.103590506.davem@davemloft.net> To: jon@nerdgrounds.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, benh@kernel.crashing.org Subject: Re: ATI Radeon DIRECTCOLOR -> TRUECOLOR patch From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <49A52A73.2000406@nerdgrounds.com> References: <49A52A73.2000406@nerdgrounds.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.1 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Jonathan Campbell Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:24:35 -0800 [ Ben H. is the Radeon driver maintainer, as listed in linux/MAINTAINERS, you might want to CC: him ] > I don't know about you but when I ask the framebuffer to set up > 16-bit or 32-bit RGB modes I expect a video mode to be set up with > R, G, and B mapped linearly so that I can display images properly, > not some odd "directcolor" mode that seems to serve no other purpose > than to avoid a few shifts converting the fbcon palette to an RGB > triplet. It might be using DIRECTCOLOR for compatibility with openfirmware, BOOTX, or similar on PowerPC. Ben?