On N, 2011-10-06 at 16:02 +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > Greetings, > > It has been repeatedly requested that xf86-video-geode's default color > depth be raised to 24bpp for the LX component. However, one major > obstacle to fulfilling this request has been that the OLPC XO-1 > features a very limited amount of memory. > > The attached patch would implement different default color depths for > DCON-based devices than for standard Geode devices. Please note that > these defaults can always be deviated from via xorg.conf options; the > only goal with this patch is to facilitate an xorg.conf-less operation > at optimal color depth for each case. > > Feedback is welcome as to whether this would be a suitable solution, > as well as alternate proposals to achieve the same result.
Hello, Can you expand on why would 24bpp actually be optimal for non-OLPC systems in the first place? I'm far from convinced of that given the affects on framebuffer memory for example. Best, Mart _______________________________________________ Xorg-driver-geode mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-geode
