Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 02:25:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 02:25:47 -0500 Received: from smtp-out-6.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.19.25]:60582 "EHLO mel-rto6.wanadoo.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 02:25:45 -0500 Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 08:32:18 +0100 To: Antonino Daplas Cc: James Simmons , Linux Fbdev development list , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] FBDev: vga16fb port Message-ID: <20021204073218.GA1025@iliana> References: <1038917280.1228.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1038917280.1228.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i From: Sven Luther Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 857 Lines: 21 On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 05:22:35PM +0500, Antonino Daplas wrote: > > 2) The ability to go back to vga text mode on close of /dev/fb. > > Yes fbdev/fbcon supports that now. > > I'll take a stab at writing VGA save/restore routines which hopefully is > generic enough to be used by various hardware. No promises though, VGA > programming gives me a headache :( BTW, i am writing a fbdev for a card where the docs tell me to disable vga output before enabling graphical output. Does i need to do this in the fbdev i write, or is it already handled by the vga layer, or whatever ? Friendly, Sven Luther - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/