[ Corrected obsolete linux-fbdev-devel address ]
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 20:08, Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thursday 15 March 2012 05:23:50 Wu, Aaron wrote:
>> Old image of last application would retain for a while when starting a new
>> application, this patch clear the frambuffer before displaying every time
>> the fb is opened.
>
> i'm not sure the behavior you describe is wrong. in fact, i'm pretty sure it
> sounds correct. if an app writes an image to the framebuffer and then quits,
> that image should stay there indefinitely until something else opens the
> framebuffer and draws their own image.
Indeed. Else can you no longer make a screenshot using "cat /dev/fb0 > file".
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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