[PATCH V2] video: implement a simple framebuffer driver

Geert Uytterhoeven geert at linux-m68k.org
Thu Apr 11 06:42:29 EDT 2013


On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 4:39 AM, Stephen Warren <swarren at wwwdotorg.org> wrote:
> +       { "r5g6b5", 16, {11, 5}, {5, 6}, {0, 5}, {0, 0} },

Why "r5g6b5" instead of "rgb565", which is what's commonly used?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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