kernel 2.6.17.14: 16bit graphics mode on the netwinder has no characters

Jan Rinze janrinze at home.nl
Sun Nov 4 08:33:36 EST 2007


Hi Ralph, and the rest..

> > Hi Woody, Ralph and who else is interested in this list..
> >
> > There is a very tiny bug in the cyber200fb.c
> >
> > In cyber200fb_set_par() there is some switch statement which
> determines
> > the
> > bpp setting for the cyberpro .. it is missing a 'break' statement
> after
> > the
> > 16 bpp settings :-)
> >
> > Jan Rinze.
> >
> > P.S. Will test this now on my Netwinder..
> >
> 
> Confirmed, 2.6.11.7 now works ok under all bpp settings.
> 
> Will check newer kernels now.
> 
> Jan Rinze.
> 

Did a patch on 2.6.23.1 and can confirm that it fixes the 16bpp issue there
too. The missing break statement needs to be added at line 886 in
drivers/video/cyber2000fb.c

Jan Rinze.
P.S. I will take a look if I can 'port' the v4l videograbber to 2.6.23.1 :-)
that has gone missing.




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