From: James S. <jsi...@in...> - 2003-03-05 18:40:39
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> > > 1. Text mode support? > > > > Would this work also on arches which don't traditionnaly do text mode ? > > Like ppc for example. > > Yes, pixel-based drawing is still the default. It's only for drivers > (matrox and sbus) where it might be needed. Only matrox has true text mode. Well also so did vga16fb but we have vgacon. > It does have one benefit though, the newer code should make it easier to > add an infrastructure on top of fbdev, such as xinerama-style support. > But this will be in the future. So little time. Also I did this so eventually when the DRI/fbdev merger happens it will make life easier for all of us. |