The patch titled
nvidiafb: adjust flags to take advantage of new scroll method
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
nvidiafb-adjust-flags-to-take-advantage-of-new-scroll-method.patch
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Subject: nvidiafb: adjust flags to take advantage of new scroll method
From: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@xxxxxxxxx>
The SCROLL_MOVE method has been optimized such that it is significantly faster
than SCROLL_REDRAW. Adjust flags to indicate that blitting is preferred over
rendering.
Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c | 2 ++
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff -puN drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c~nvidiafb-adjust-flags-to-take-advantage-of-new-scroll-method drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c
--- a/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c~nvidiafb-adjust-flags-to-take-advantage-of-new-scroll-method
+++ a/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c
@@ -674,6 +674,7 @@ static int nvidiafb_set_par(struct fb_in
info->fbops->fb_sync = nvidiafb_sync;
info->pixmap.scan_align = 4;
info->flags &= ~FBINFO_HWACCEL_DISABLED;
+ info->flags |= FBINFO_READS_FAST;
NVResetGraphics(info);
} else {
info->fbops->fb_imageblit = cfb_imageblit;
@@ -682,6 +683,7 @@ static int nvidiafb_set_par(struct fb_in
info->fbops->fb_sync = NULL;
info->pixmap.scan_align = 1;
info->flags |= FBINFO_HWACCEL_DISABLED;
+ info->flags &= ~FBINFO_READS_FAST;
}
par->cursor_reset = 1;
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from adaplas@xxxxxxxxx are
fbdev-cleanup-of-sparc-fb-options.patch
pm2fb-rdac_wr-barriers-clean-up.patch
pm3fb-various-fixes.patch
w100fb-fix-compile-warnings.patch
ps3fb-use-fb_sys_-instead-of-fb_cfb_.patch
imxfb-remove-ifdefs.patch
imxfb-fix-memory-hole.patch
fbcon-smart-blitter-usage-for-scrolling.patch
nvidiafb-adjust-flags-to-take-advantage-of-new-scroll-method.patch
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