Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 1/4] gxfb: Replace FBSIZE config option with a kernel argument

[Ondrej Zajicek]

On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 08:19:50PM -0500, Andres Salomon wrote:
> > assuming this is historical at this point, and manual options parsing can
> > be removed from all fb drivers at this point, or is there another reason
> > why manual parsing would be necessary?
> > 
> 
> Could I get an answer from the fbdevel folks about this?  It looks like
> the fb_get_options stuff is there for backwards compatibility.

I think so. I used fb_get_options() in arkfb and vt8623fb for mode option
only. Universal notation module.option=value is much nicer than manual
options parsing.  

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