Re: New ARM elfloader patch

[Adam C Powell IV]

Philip Blundell wrote:
FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument
That looks like a "good" error, in the sense that I don't think it's at all 
related to the ELF loader.  Instead you seem to have some kind of fbcon 
problem.  I think this can happen if you are trying to start up X in a 
different colour depth to the one you currently have set, or that kind of 
thing.  I think "fbset" will tell you the current situation.

Ah, yes.  You're right.  If I tell it 8-bit, then it gets past that, and 
gets signal 4 later, after setting up the mouse.  Oh well.  Config and 
log at the same place as last time.  But yes, the ELF loader might just 
be working... :-)

Next question: why can't I have 16-bit?  fbset -depth 16 gives me the 
same error.  But I have 2 MB VRAM (standard Netwinder), and at 1024x768, 
16-bit should use just 1.5 MB, right?  I've had 16-bit success with 
previous 2.4.x kernels, but can't get 2.4.5 to do it.

Here's what fbset -i has to say:
mode "1024x768-60"
   # D: 64.998 MHz, H: 48.362 kHz, V: 60.002 Hz
   geometry 1024 768 1024 768 8
   timings 15385 160 24 29 3 136 6
   accel true
   rgba 8/0,8/0,8/0,0/0
endmode
Frame buffer device information:
   Name        : CyberPro2000
   Address     : 0xc0000000
   Size        : 2097152
   Type        : PACKED PIXELS
   Visual      : PSEUDOCOLOR
   XPanStep    : 0
   YPanStep    : 1
   YWrapStep   : 0
   LineLength  : 1024
   MMIO Address: 0xc0800000
   MMIO Size   : 786432
   Accelerator : Unknown (33)
Thanks,
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