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    viafb: make viafb_set_par more dual framebuffer compatible · 5c9443ed
    Florian Tobias Schandinat authored
    This patch is an attempt to make viafb_set_par work correctly with more
    than one framebuffer.  As modesetting is not (yet/easily) possible for
    each individual IGA it uses the (normally to be avoided) global variables
    viafbinfo{,1} to ensure that each function is called with the correct
    values.
    
    This patch (finally) allows usable dual framebuffer setups and should not
    affect non dual fb ones.  It works in some (most?) configurations as
    sometimes the driver still gets device connections wrong.  It can be worth
    to try the devices in reverse order (in viafb_active_dev).
    
    The user experience is still not very nice as:
    
    - on the second fb you'll normally have a garbled picture as long as
      no application draws to it
      goal: auto on/off devices depending on reference counting
    - as the whole machinery is always done you can see mode changes also
      in an unaffected framebuffer
      goal: split modesetting up for each individual IGA
    Signed-off-by: default avatarFlorian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de>
    Cc: Scott Fang <ScottFang@viatech.com.cn>
    Cc: Joseph Chan <JosephChan@via.com.tw>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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