Re: [PATCH] vesa framebuffer with 24 bits per pixel

Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Wed, 2 Sep 1998 18:24:57 +0200 (CEST)

On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Jose Alonso wrote:
> Patches to use vesa framebuffer with 24 bits per pixel
> linux-2.1.119 and XF68_FBDev

Thanks!

> I tested on a board based on chipset SiS6326 (www.sis.com.tw)
> - AGP, 4MB, Vesa 2.0, linear frame buffer, 24 bits per pixel when
> using 16M colors. (1024x768 16M - lilo param: VESA=792)
>
> Description of the patches:
> linux-2.1.119
> . Terminate the implementation of 24 bpp
> . Little endian bug

Some of these are already in the vger tree.

Unfortunately they won't appear in 2.1.x due to `politics'. Linus wants to see
only _one_ more patch for drivers/video, just before 2.2 is released.

Greetings,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium




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