From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758542AbYEHMwy (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2008 08:52:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753217AbYEHMwq (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2008 08:52:46 -0400 Received: from winston.telenet-ops.be ([195.130.137.75]:39345 "EHLO winston.telenet-ops.be" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753140AbYEHMwp (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2008 08:52:45 -0400 Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 14:52:34 +0200 (CEST) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: Ondrej Zajicek cc: Krzysztof Helt , JosephChan@via.com.tw, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 1/9] viafb: VIA Frame Buffer Device Driver - Resend In-Reply-To: <20080508081508.GD11121@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: References: <20080507184333.7d0f1bf4.krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm> <20080508081508.GD11121@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 8 May 2008, Ondrej Zajicek wrote: > On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 06:43:33PM +0200, Krzysztof Helt wrote: > > PS. I assume that your driver will replace the existing vt8623fb (CLE266?) driver when ready. Am I right? > > These drivers are hardly comparable. vt8623fb supports CLE266 with VGA output only, > but allows arbitrary resolutions and pixclocks, high-res text mode and > (partially) suspend/resume. viafb implements fixed resolutions only and > have no text mode and no suspend/resume support (according to my quick > look on it). It's a pity viafb implements fixed resolutions only. Is there any specific reason for that? Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds