RE: [AD] fbcon directcolor modes patch, and possible other patches

["Vincent Penecherc'h" <Vincent.Penecherch@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Following this, I had a go at checking if I could get away
> with not changing the video mode if it was already the
> correct one. I've made a new FB driver that "attaches" to
> the current screen mode. It's quite nifty, you can map the
> FB by calling "set_gfx_mode(GFX_AUTODETECT_ATTACH,0,0,0,0),

Here's the patch for this.
I'd be interested to know if it works for others.
Also, I expect it would be not too difficult to make an
attaching driver for X11, can someone who actually groks
X programming confirm ?


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