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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] offb: make the screen properties endian safe
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On Thu, 2013-11-21 at 16:45 +0100, Cedric Le Goater wrote:
> >  - fbdev *generally* assume native endian framebuffer, but of course
> > under qemu today, the adapter will use a big endian frame buffer
> > aperture. You can compile in support for foreign endian but I don't know
> > how that actually works.
> 
> OK. I will see how I can extend the tests. But, are you suggesting I should
> be using the foreign endian framework for the frame buffer ? 

Well, if it works ... did you try 16 and 32bpp ?

Cheers,
Ben.