Andrew Morton wrote:
> "Antonino A. Daplas" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Unfortunately, this may cause some userland breakage. X should work.
>> However, some apps may have been developed that uses the FB_BLANK constants
>> (DirectFB?). In these cases, they'll get a deeper blank level instead, so it
>> probably won't affect them significantly. A follow up patch that hides the
>> FB_BLANK constants may be worthwhile.
>
> Would prefer to avoid any userland breakage. Is this followup patch
> happening?
I'm still doing research on which major fb apps depend on the FB_BLANK constants, but
my guess is that the follow up patch is inevitable. We cannot avoid bending over
backwards for X :(
Tony
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