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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xen-fbfront: Read width/height from backend

from [Ian Campbell]

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From:	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Fri, 7 Jan 2011 20:47:01 +0000
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On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 16:12 +0000, dgdegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: 
> From: Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> This allows the backend driver to specify the size of the framebuffer
> instead of requiring it to be on the kernel command line.

Do you plan to plumb this up through the toolstack so it can be defined
guest configuration file?

I wonder if it might be useful to allow the backend to specify a maximum
size but to allow the frontend to pick a resolution within that
constraint and communicate the choice to the backend.

Ian.

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