On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, James Simmons wrote:
> This patch is the first in a series to move over to the new fbdev api. It
> is against 2.5.7. The basic goal is remove the tones of redundent code in
> the fbdev layer and make a much simpler api. The main way to accomplish
> this is to reverse the flow of logic for the console system. The fbdev
> system was later developed and we see alot of needless functionality added
> to the fbdev layer. Instead the flow should be functionality in the
> console system to the fbdev layer instead of the reverse. Also
> accomplished is the seperation of the fbdev layer from the console layer.
> This will have a very important impact on linux embedded devices. It has
> been tested and has been in Dave Jones tree for some time. Geert with
> your blessing I like to have it added to Linus tree.
Please go ahead!
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.orgIn personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds
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