Re: svn commit: r198858 - in head/sys: dev/fb dev/syscons sys

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Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
Date
26 Jan 2010 15:30:27
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Re: svn commit: r198858 - in head/sys: dev/fb dev/syscons sys
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20100126153027.GA65470@FreeBSD.org


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On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 03:49:11PM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav wrote:
> Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > Considering number of recent vesa/saver breaks, I am thinking about some
> > regression test suit that could at least check for "8-bit vs. 6-bit" type
> > of things. Is it feasible?
>
> Not unless you can figure our a way to programmatically look at the
> screen and check that the colors aren't too dark... IIUC, this is a
> BIOS issue, not a driver issue.

I understand; I was thinking if maybe there are some "hackish" or
indirect way to tell that BIOS is lying.

./danfe


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