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Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: pass physical dimensions to fbdev

From David Lechner <david@lechnology.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: pass physical dimensions to fbdev
Date 2017-08-02 18:40 +0200
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On 08/02/2017 04:46 AM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 10:26:41AM -0500, David Lechner wrote:
>> The fbdev subsystem has a place for physical dimensions (width and height
>> in mm) that is readable by userspace. Since DRM also knows these
>> dimensions, pass this information to the fbdev device.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Lechner <david@lechnology.com>
> 
> Still in the wrong function. Also please add some notation about what you
> changed when resubmitting a patch (it took me a while to remember that I
> replied to you already). That makes patch reviewing more efficient.
> 

Sorry for being so dense. :-/

I did read your first reply at least 10 times. All of the terminology is 
foreign to me, but after sleeping on it a few days, I think it is slowly 
soaking into my brain.

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[PATCH] drm/fb-helper: pass physical dimensions to fbdev David Lechner <david@lechnology.com> - 2017-08-01 17:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: pass physical dimensions to fbdev Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2017-08-02 11:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: pass physical dimensions to fbdev David Lechner <david@lechnology.com> - 2017-08-02 18:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: pass physical dimensions to fbdev Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2017-08-03 01:30 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: pass physical dimensions to fbdev David Lechner <david@lechnology.com> - 2017-08-03 03:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: pass physical dimensions to fbdev Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2017-08-03 12:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: pass physical dimensions to fbdev Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2017-08-03 12:20 +0200

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