Subject: Re: LongTrail PCI resource assignment

From: Michel Dänzer <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 14:04:07 +0200

Michael Schmitz wrote:

> > There's a difference between bpp (`bit per pixel': 8, 16, 24 or 32 are
> > supported by atyfb) and depth (8, 15 and 24 are supported by atyfb).
>
> Imagine my confusion.

'depth' is the number of bits used to determine the color of a pixel.

'framebuffer bpp' is the number of bits a pixel takes up in memory.

> What bpp will X use for depth 24 by default?

24.

Or then maybe it depends on the driver? Check yourself in the server output or
the log.

> Would 32 help any?

Maybe, because pixels correspond to words directly.

Michel

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