Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] drm_fb_helper: Impossible to change video mode

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On Fri, 20 Nov 2009, Paulius Zaleckas wrote:

> On 11/20/2009 10:01 PM, James Simmons wrote:
> > 
> > > > > > Paulius Zaleckas wrote:
> > > > > > > On drivers using drm_fb_helper's in fb_ops it is not possible to
> > > > > > > change
> > > > > > > video mode, because of different var->pixclock evaluation: ...
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > patch:
> > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg44369.html
> > > > > 
> > > > > Those patches will enable fbdev apps to run properly. More patches are
> > > > > needed if you want to support mode switching using the fbdev emulation
> > > > > layer. I noticed my patches and yours where lost. Who do you send
> > > > > patches
> > > > > too that can merge them ?
> > > > 
> > > > y:/usr/src/git26>   perl scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f
> > > > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> > > > David Airlie<airlied@xxxxxxxx>
> > > > Dave Airlie<airlied@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Jesse Barnes<jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Mikael Pettersson<mikpe@xxxxxxxx>
> > > > dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > 
> > > > That's accurate enough.
> > > > 
> > > > Generally, if nothing has happened in a week, the chances that it's
> > > > lost are very high.  Resend.  If you like, cc me and I'll maintain the
> > > > patches
> > > > and resend them for you.
> > > 
> > > You can add Tested-by: Paulius Zaleckas<paulius.zaleckas@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > for
> > > http://www.mail-archive.com/dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg44369.html
> > > as this was preventing DirectFB from running on my Asus Eee PC 701.
> > 
> > I tested it as well with the both my 3Dfx driver that I wrote with KMS and
> > the nouveau driver. We just need to make sure that the patches end up in
> > the drm-next tree or these patches will be lost when drm-next gets merged
> > to linus tree.
> 
> IMHO this patch should end up in current (2.6.32) kernel and we should
> send it to stable ML.

Honestly I like to see it there as well.

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