Quoting James Simmons (jsimmons@transvirtual.com):
>
> > Why is the pseudo palette used anyway?
>
> Its a fast way for the console to grab the proper console index color to
> draw to the framebuffer. Otherwise we have to regenerate the color all the
> time. Plus it is always endian code for us :-)
I didn't mean the array of colors for the console, but the usage of
the hardware palette for modes != 8 bit.
> > There's no speed benefit and
> > applications running in true/direct color would look wrong.
>
> For userland no but for the kernel we do have a benifiet.
There's no speed benefit if you write "index|index|index" into the
framebuffer instead of "red|green|blue".
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