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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 11:35:58 +0200 (SAST)
From: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linux.realnet.co.sz>
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To: Matan <matan@svgalib.org>
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Subject: Re: mdacon.c minor cleanups
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On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Matan wrote:

> The mdacon.c in 2.4.18 does not actually test for an MDA card, it only
> test for ram where the MDA vram is. The problem is that almost any vga
> card maps ram to that address.
> There is a test, but it is somewhat wrong (it changes registers, but
> does not save and restore the original values) and is commented out. If
> you fix this and uncomment the test, it works in some cases (this was
> discussed under the subject "MDA video detection request" on July 2000).

Aah, thanks for clearing that up.

	Zwane

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