Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 1/4] gxfb: Replace FBSIZE configoption with a kernel argument

[Andres Salomon]

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 23:00:25 +0100
Ondrej Zajicek <santiago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 08:19:50PM -0500, Andres Salomon wrote:
> > > assuming this is historical at this point, and manual options parsing can
> > > be removed from all fb drivers at this point, or is there another reason
> > > why manual parsing would be necessary?
> > > 
> > 
> > Could I get an answer from the fbdevel folks about this?  It looks like
> > the fb_get_options stuff is there for backwards compatibility.
> 
> I think so. I used fb_get_options() in arkfb and vt8623fb for mode option
> only. Universal notation module.option=value is much nicer than manual
> options parsing.  
> 


If that is indeed the case, here's a patch that might be useful.  I have
no idea what kind of timeframe would be proposed for removing
fb_get_options (or if it's even desirable to remove it at all given that
people are likely still using video=$foo syntax).