[PATCH] video: simplefb: add mode parsing function

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Stephen Warren <swarren at wwwdotorg.org> wrote:
>> +
>> +             cpt += field->length;
>> +     }
>> +
>> +     format->bits_per_pixel = ((cpt + 7) / 8) * 8;
>
> Should this error-check that isn't > 32?

So pixels can't be larger than 32 bits?
IIRC, some SGI and Sun graphics cards had e.g. 80 bit pixels (incl. Z buffer).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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