Re: lcd resolution scaling?
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 15:22, Lee Braiden wrote:
> 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.
Sure, you can do what you want. :) You could also let boot options
override the panel size, à la radeonfb.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer
Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
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