Re: lcd resolution scaling?
On Sunday 17 Aug 2003 1:43 pm, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 14:33, Lee Braiden wrote:
> > No, it's a rage128. I think I saw that patch around, but wasn't sure if
> > it was advisable/still necessary/etc. If you've no horror stories and
> > such, I'll give it a go, but... is there a noteworthy reason that it's
> > not included in the driver?
>
> I guess nobody has cleaned it up (it hardcoded the panel resolution
> based on the machine type - don't know if there's a better solution for
> Rage128 based machines though) and pushed for inclusion yet.
I've had a quick look at it, from your site. I'm not a kernel hacker, and
don't really understand it all. But it looks to me like it's not quite
hard-coded, but instead is coded using variables etc, and simply has to
initialise those at compile-time, since there's no support elsewhere for
probing panel sizes?
If so, couldn't these variables be set in the kernel config, like they are
for some graphics tablets or touchscreens, until the support is available?
This seems LESS severe, in some ways, since laptop panels are fairly
unlikely to change, for end users.
I'm just asking here. As I say, I'm no kernel hacker. But I'm curious :)
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- Lee.
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