[linux-fbdev] Re: macmodes/modedb

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Thu, 18 May 2000, Brad Douglas wrote:
> > From: Geert Uytterhoeven [mailto:geert at linux-m68k.org]
> > > Another option is to not try and do everything in fb_find_mode().
> >
> > You cannot do everything in fb_find_mode() since monitor sense is
> > a per-monitor issue, not global.
>
> As of now, all drivers have a 1:1 relationship with a monitor.  Even the
> Matrox G400 driver insmods a second driver for the 2nd head.  Should we
> expect this to change?  I do not believe fbdev is capable of initializing
> two video cards from a single driver, but I could be wrong -- I have no
> ability to test.

Yes it is. There are drivers that can handle multiple cards. And you can have
different cards as well.

> > One possible thing (in each fbdev driver :-(
> >
> >     default_mode = NULL;
> > #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_ALL
> >     sense = ...;
> >     default_mode = mac_map_monitor_sense(sense);
> > #endif
> >     ... = fb_find_mode(..., default_mode, ...);
>
> I believe this would be acceptable, but we'll have to change
> mac_map_monitor_sense() to return fb_videomode instead of VMODE.
> fb_find_mode() will be unhappy to get an int when it's expecting
> fb_videomode. ;)

Of course.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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