On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > I've no way of checking what this fbdev hook does on desktop powerpc
> > > machines, I can only look at the source, which I haven't done yet. What
> > > framebuffer driver are you using?
> >
> > It should use the console's consw->con_blank() function, which gets routed
> > to
> > VGA text or to fbcon (fbcon_blank()).
>
> There's no doubt this is happening, but what fbdev function adjusts the
> blanking/powerdown periods?
The decision about when to blank/powerdown are made in the upper-layer code, I
guess in console.c or vt.c.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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