Linux-kernel mailing list archive 2000-26,: Re: [linux-fbdev] fbdev vga library...

# Re: [linux-fbdev] fbdev vga library...

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:11:26 -0400

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James Simmons wrote:
> > * perhaps go as far as creating a "vgagen" module, which would act a lot
> > like fbgen (including the C++-like inheritence by putting 'struct
> > vga_gen_info' at the beginning of the private xxx_fb_info struct).
>
> I don't know about that.
>
> P.S
>
> To all driver writers. One of the API changes that did go into the recent
> developement kernels was a par pointer in fb_info. Don't use xxx_fb_info.

par is hardware state.
xxx_fb_info is per-board private driver info.

They are different and you can't get rid of xxx_fb_info.

Jeff

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