Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: [BK PATCHS] fbdev updates.

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Russell King wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 02:24:48PM -0700, James Simmons wrote:
> > Your right. That is a bug from the old fbgen code. Since few driver used
> > the old fbgen code it never appeared. I suggest we remove can_soft_blank
> > and just test to see if the function pointer exist for fb_blank. If it
> > doesn't then we can resort to other tricks in suggested in the ther email.
> 
> Ok.  What about the case where you're running in true colour / static
> pseudo colour, and can't blank the palette, but do have a fb_blank
> method to handle the direct colour / pseudo colour case?

That's what the return value of the fb_blank() function is for: to indicate
whether it handled the blanking or not. If not, the upper layer has to take
care of it.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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