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Date:      Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:30:27 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <des@des.no>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r198858 - in head/sys: dev/fb dev/syscons sys
Message-ID:  <20100126153027.GA65470@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <86aaw0kjko.fsf@ds4.des.no>
References:  <200911032022.nA3KM96H003434@svn.freebsd.org> <20100125192941.GA9196@FreeBSD.org> <86ljflj798.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20100126142803.GA55760@FreeBSD.org> <86aaw0kjko.fsf@ds4.des.no>

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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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