Re: [PATCH 1 of 2] fbcon: bgcolor fix

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Tue Jul 01 2008 - 11:52:06 EST



On Tuesday 2008-07-01 17:38, Stefano Stabellini wrote:

>The forth bit of the background color is the blink property bit, not the
>intensity bit, as for the foreground color.
>Therefore it shouldn't be included in the background color.

I'm a bit skeptical, though I have not tried this.
ISTR fb has the power to render full 8 bits background
in addition to blinking.

>--- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.h
>+++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.h
>@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ struct fbcon_ops {
> #define attr_fgcol(fgshift,s) \
> (((s) >> (fgshift)) & 0x0f)
> #define attr_bgcol(bgshift,s) \
>- (((s) >> (bgshift)) & 0x0f)
>+ (((s) >> (bgshift)) & 0x07)
>
> /* Monochrome */
> #define attr_bold(s) \
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