To: "Geert Uytterhoeven" <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com>,
       "Ondrej Zajicek" <santiago@mail.cz>,
       "Linux Kernel Development" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
       "Jon Smirl" <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: OpenGL-based framebuffer concepts
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Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 21:32:42 +0100
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From: Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
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Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com> wrote:

> Moving back to a vgafb with text mode support in fbcon would be one
> way to eliminate a few of the way too many graphics drivers. I don't
> see any real downside side to doing this, does any one else see any
> problems?

Just to check what you mean by "text mode" - is this vga mode 3, or 
a graphical vga mode with text drawn in it? vga16fb doesn't work on all 
hardware that vgacon works on, much to my continued misery.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59-chiark.mail.linux-rutgers.kernel@srcf.ucam.org
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