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Eric Botcazou wrote:
>
> > It should definitely not be a null method on linux fbcon modes, which
> > is one of the places where this functions is very useful.
>
> I'm not a fbcon specialist, but I think you have neither the concept of
> desktop nor windows with the fbcon driver.
>
> IMHO get_desktop_resolution() should be a test for telling fullscreen only
> OSes (DOS, Linux console) from true windowed ones.
>
It does make sense with fbcon, as it is generaly limited to one
resolution change at boot. It would be nice if the
get_resolution function could be used on fbcon.
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