[PATCH] vesafb: Prefer VGA registers over PMI

- As per VESA specs, use the VGA registers to set the palette if the mode is
  VGA compatible.  Otherwise, use the protected mode interface.

- Make pmi_setpal default to 1

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/drivers/video/vesafb.c b/drivers/video/vesafb.c
index eff2ebcf1f7cf0fb8a82ae21b932713aa5069af0..5718924b677f1cd03dca6cdaec6fe8ee22674cdd 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/video/vesafb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/vesafb.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static int             inverse   = 0;
 static int             mtrr      = 0; /* disable mtrr */
 static int            vram_remap __initdata = 0; /* Set amount of memory to be used */
 static int            vram_total __initdata = 0; /* Set total amount of memory */
-static int             pmi_setpal = 0; /* pmi for palette changes ??? */
+static int             pmi_setpal = 1; /* pmi for palette changes ??? */
 static int             ypan       = 0;  /* 0..nothing, 1..ypan, 2..ywrap */
 static unsigned short  *pmi_base  = NULL;
 static void            (*pmi_start)(void);
@@ -86,10 +86,24 @@ static int vesa_setpalette(int regno, unsigned red, unsigned green,
        int shift = 16 - depth;
        int err = -EINVAL;
 
+/*
+ * Try VGA registers first...
+ */
+       if (vga_compat) {
+               outb_p(regno,       dac_reg);
+               outb_p(red   >> shift, dac_val);
+               outb_p(green >> shift, dac_val);
+               outb_p(blue  >> shift, dac_val);
+               err = 0;
+       }
+
 #ifdef __i386__
-       struct { u_char blue, green, red, pad; } entry;
+/*
+ * Fallback to the PMI....
+ */
+       if (err && pmi_setpal) {
+               struct { u_char blue, green, red, pad; } entry;
 
-       if (pmi_setpal) {
                entry.red   = red   >> shift;
                entry.green = green >> shift;
                entry.blue  = blue  >> shift;
@@ -107,18 +121,6 @@ static int vesa_setpalette(int regno, unsigned red, unsigned green,
        }
 #endif
 
-/*
- * without protected mode interface and if VGA compatible,
- * try VGA registers...
- */
-       if (err && vga_compat) {
-               outb_p(regno,       dac_reg);
-               outb_p(red   >> shift, dac_val);
-               outb_p(green >> shift, dac_val);
-               outb_p(blue  >> shift, dac_val);
-               err = 0;
-       }
-
        return err;
 }