1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Indexed Format</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="LINUX MEDIA INFRASTRUCTURE API"><link rel="up" href="pixfmt.html" title="Chapter 2. Image Formats"><link rel="prev" href="ch02s06.html" title="Detailed Colorspace Descriptions"><link rel="next" href="pixfmt-rgb.html" title="RGB Formats"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Indexed Format</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch02s06.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 2. Image Formats</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="pixfmt-rgb.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="pixfmt-indexed"></a>Indexed Format</h2></div></div></div><p>In this format each pixel is represented by an 8 bit index 2into a 256 entry ARGB palette. 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There are no ioctls to 3access the palette, this must be done with ioctls of the Linux framebuffer API.</p><div class="table"><a name="idp1100647804"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 2.15. Indexed Image Format</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Indexed Image Format" border="0"><colgroup><col align="left" class="id"><col align="center" class="fourcc"><col align="center" class="bit"><col align="center" class="b07"><col align="center" class="b06"><col align="center" class="b05"><col align="center" class="b04"><col align="center" class="b03"><col align="center" class="b02"><col align="center" class="b01"><col align="center" class="b00"><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left">Identifier</th><th align="center">Code</th><th align="center"> </th><th colspan="8" align="center">Byte 0</th><td class="auto-generated"> </td><td 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