The patch titled uvesafb: documentation update has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is uvesafb-documentation-update.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: uvesafb: documentation update From: Michal Januszewski <spock@xxxxxxxxxx> Update the uvesafb documentation to accurately reflect the default options used by the driver. Signed-off-by: Michal Januszewski <spock@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt~uvesafb-documentation-update Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt --- a/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt~uvesafb-documentation-update +++ a/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt @@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ Accepted options: ypan Enable display panning using the VESA protected mode interface. The visible screen is just a window of the video memory, console scrolling is done by changing the - start of the window. Available on x86 only. + start of the window. This option is available on x86 + only and is the default option on that architecture. ywrap Same as ypan, but assumes your gfx board can wrap-around the video memory (i.e. starts reading from top if it @@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ ywrap Same as ypan, but assumes your g Available on x86 only. redraw Scroll by redrawing the affected part of the screen, this - is the safe (and slow) default. + is the default on non-x86. (If you're using uvesafb as a module, the above three options are used a parameter of the scroll option, e.g. scroll=ypan.) @@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ from the Video BIOS if you set pixclock -- Michal Januszewski <spock@xxxxxxxxxx> - Last updated: 2007-06-16 + Last updated: 2009-03-30 Documentation of the uvesafb options is loosely based on vesafb.txt. _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from spock@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch uvesafb-documentation-update.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html