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

[Ralph Siemsen]

On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 05:21:51PM +0100, Jan Rinze wrote:
> 
> There only one strange result and that is that the framebuffer is not
> working as expected.
> 
> 8 bit per pixels runs fine but 16 bit per pixel is completely wrong..

Can't remember how to query or change the bit-depth...  whatever
I am using, the penguin shows up and console operates mostly normal
(there have always been some scrolling oddities on the netwinder).

# fbset 

mode "800x600-56"
    # D: 36.001 MHz, H: 35.157 kHz, V: 56.252 Hz
    geometry 800 600 800 1310 8
    timings 27777 128 24 22 1 72 2
    accel true
    rgba 8/0,8/0,8/0,0/0
endmode

-R