Re: atafb and X/fbdev

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi Michael,

On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I've played with the framebuffer timing calculations a bit - 16 bpp
>>> appears
>>> to require unreasonably
>>> low hsync frequency in order to keep within the available video bandwidth
>>> of
>>> 32 MHz.
>>
>> For 640x480 that's true.
>>
>> For 320x240, it should work. I definitely used a hicolor mode on ARAnyM
>> when
>> atafb was revived.
>
> Using what atafb option? Or did you use fbset to switch?

I used fbset. But it should also be possible using the kernel command line.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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