Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
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On Maw, 2005-12-06 at 22:25 +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> Have they? I haven't seen the excuse.

The video 'solution' is a combination of digital and analog components.
Intel defined one end only. Its a bit like AC97 audio only as I
understand it rather less structured. 

Note that most of the BIOS fixes don't replace the BIOS code, they
provide extra mode table entries to it.

Alan

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