[PATCH 03/12] Bring in dynamic videomode selection at runtime

[Sascha Hauer]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 11:04:52AM +0100, Juergen Beisert wrote:
> Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > [...]
> > > +	fb_dev->priv = cdev;	/* pointer forward */
> > > +	cdev->dev = fb_dev;	/* pointer backward */
> > > +
> > > +	cdev->ops = &fb_ops;
> > > +	cdev->name = asprintf("fb%d", id);
> > > +
> > > +	cdev->size = fb_dev->size;	/* use the default if any */
> > > +	cdev->priv = info;
> > > +
> > > +	info->host = host;
> > > +	info->fb_dev = fb_dev;
> > > +
> > > +	/* setup defaults */
> > > +	if (host->bits_per_pixel != 0)
> > > +		info->bits_per_pixel = host->bits_per_pixel;
> > > +	else
> > > +		info->bits_per_pixel = 16;	/* means RGB565 */
> >
> > No, this does not mean RGB565. It could also mean BGR or even something
> > else.
> 
> You are right. But currently it means exactly what I wrote. All drivers 
> currently using RGB565 for 16 bpp. To make it as you stated, we need more 
> information about the bits per colour and their layout. Currently the 
> graphics drivers do it in their own way. No way to intervent from the 
> platform file.

No, the drivers are free to pass an arbitrary layout to the framework
using fb_bitfields. So you can't state in the framework that 16bit is
RGB565.

Sascha

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