On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 9:40 PM, Olaf Hering <olaf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Documentation/fb/modedb.txt states that video=option should be
> considered a global option. But video_setup and fb_get_options are not
> coded that way. Instead its required to boot with video=driver:option to
> set a given option in drvier. This is cumbersome because it requires to
> know in advance which driver will be active for a given board/kernel.
That's an interesting finding: this definitely was working fine a few years ago.
Unfortunately I have no idea when I used it recently. I'm 100% sure I used it
with ps3fb ca. 5 years ago.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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