Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] FBDev: fix for fbcon Oops

From: James Simmons (jsimmons@infradead.org)
Date: Mon Dec 02 2002 - 16:15:09 EST


> This fixes fbcon oopsing at load time which is due to the fb_cursor's
> palette index entries being improperly updated.

Fixed.

> A new kind of 'emacs glitch' appeared, though. This can be described as
> a block of text that is incompletely copied, ie when "tabbing" a line
> of text. This is present with all hardware I tested, soft accel and
> hardware accel, which indicates a problem in the higher layers (probably
> fbcon). vgacon works okay.

Its is fbcon. If you play with the low level driver to draw things you
noticed everything is okay. I have to track it down.
 
> Other changes:
>
> 1. optimization of fbcon_accel_putcs()

Applied. If you look at my patch I attempted to make fbcon_pixmap dynamic
instead of a static memeory area. It oops so I have that code commented
out for now. Actually I applied it when the fix came out rigth away.

> 2. enabling logo displays at all packed pixel formats (as long as
> fb_imageblit is supported)

This didn't apply well. Only thing missing.

> 3. Various fbcon_accel_cursor() fixes which would have resulted in
> wrong cursor colors or an invisible cursor.

Applied. Worked now :-)

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