Re: [PATCH] add NULL short circuit to fb_dealloc_cmap()

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On Sun, 17 Jul 2005, Jon Smirl wrote:
> On 7/17/05, Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > struct fb_super_cmap {
> > >    struct fb_cmap cmap;
> > >    __u16 red[255];
> > >    __u16 blue[255];
> > >    __u16 green[255];
> > >    __u16 transp[255];
> >                   ^^^
> > I assume you meant 256?
> > 
> > > }
> > >
> > > Then adjust the code as need. Have the embedded cmap struct point to
> > > the fields in the super_cmap and the drivers don't have to be changed.
> > 
> > What if your colormap has more than 256 entries?
> 
> I meant 256. Does any hardware exist that takes more that 256 entries? 

1024 was quite common on high-end graphics hardware.

> They are __u16 values but I have never seen hardware that take more
> that __u8 either.

10 bit was quite common on high-end graphics hardware.

IIRC, DEC TGA can do at least one of them.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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