Re: CVS commit: xsrc

[Todd Vierling <tv%pobox.com@localhost>]

On Sun, 16 May 1999, Jason Thorpe wrote:

:  > Modified Files:
:  >    xsrc/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/vga256/drivers/chips: ct_driver.c
:  > Log Message:
:  > `#ifdef __arm32__' the call to Xf86SetRGBOut(); the i386 et. al. do not
:  > have a composite output for this chip (nor any kernel support for such),
:  > so don't try to `switch to' RGB mode at startup.
:  > 
:  > Fixes problem reported by Jukka Marin <jmarin%pyy.jmp.fi@localhost>.
: 
: Unfortunately, this isn't a very good solution, because someone might
: slap a C&T-containing board into a CATS, or something :-)
: 
: This all needs to be done w/ e.g. wscons ioctls, some of which may need
: to be invented.

`Yes, I know.'

This was a band-aid solution to get i386, which has a Lot of users, running.

Truthfully, the best solution will be a fix to bsd-video.c which doesn't
error out of Xf86SetRGBMode() - and just keeps on going even if it `fails'.
However, I want to consider some of the implications of that ... and
consider the possibility of a kernel addition to wscons.

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