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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/video/console/fbcon.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fb.h | 12 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c index 8068d2f7efe..3660e51b261 100644 --- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c +++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c @@ -2103,7 +2103,8 @@ static int fbcon_switch(struct vc_data *vc) fb_set_var(info, &var); ops->var = info->var; - if (old_info != NULL && old_info != info) { + if (old_info != NULL && (old_info != info || + info->flags & FBINFO_MISC_ALWAYS_SETPAR)) { if (info->fbops->fb_set_par) info->fbops->fb_set_par(info); fbcon_del_cursor_timer(old_info); diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h index 55ccaf3706c..dab3a4decb4 100644 --- a/include/linux/fb.h +++ b/include/linux/fb.h @@ -732,6 +732,18 @@ struct fb_tile_ops { from userspace */ #define FBINFO_MISC_TILEBLITTING 0x20000 /* use tile blitting */ +/* A driver may set this flag to indicate that it does want a set_par to be + * called every time when fbcon_switch is executed. The advantage is that with + * this flag set you can really be shure that set_par is always called before + * any of the functions dependant on the correct hardware state or altering + * that state, even if you are using some broken X releases. The disadvantage + * is that it introduces unwanted delays to every console switch if set_par + * is slow. It is a good idea to try this flag in the drivers initialization + * code whenever there is a bug report related to switching between X and the + * framebuffer console. + */ +#define FBINFO_MISC_ALWAYS_SETPAR 0x40000 + struct fb_info { int node; int flags; |