Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267507AbUJVUL6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:11:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267502AbUJVUL2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:11:28 -0400 Received: from witte.sonytel.be ([80.88.33.193]:10117 "EHLO witte.sonytel.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267540AbUJVUKL (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:10:11 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:10:07 +0200 (MEST) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: Jon Smirl cc: Timothy Miller , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? In-Reply-To: <9e4733910410201808c0796c8@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <4176E08B.2050706@techsource.com> <9e4733910410201808c0796c8@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 759 Lines: 21 On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, Jon Smirl wrote: > If you implement VGA you will be able to boot and work in any x86 > system without writing any code other than the BIOS. Ugh... I prefer _not_ to have VGA compatibility. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds - 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/