From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: Some questions Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 16:44:40 +0100 (MET) Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: <3E6619A5.7020502@winischhofer.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Received: from mail2.sonytel.be ([195.0.45.172] helo=mail.sonytel.be) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 18qb5P-00037a-00 for ; Wed, 05 Mar 2003 07:45:39 -0800 In-Reply-To: <3E6619A5.7020502@winischhofer.net> Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Thomas Winischhofer Cc: Antonino Daplas , Linux Fbdev development list On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Thomas Winischhofer wrote: > Antonino Daplas wrote: > >>Ack. Is 16 fuzzy enough, what do you think? > > I think you should only accept modes where the difference is a fraction > > of a character width or height. A difference more than that and > > clear_margins() will not work correctly. > > How do I - from a low level fb driver - determine the character size? You cannot. That's called fbcon-fbdev separation. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com