Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] aty128fb 15/16 bit cleanup

[James S. <jsi...@tr...>]

> > No!!!!!!!! For 2.5.X the console will switch between "graphics" mode to
> > "text" mode. When swithcing from one to the other it will place the engine
> > in a different state.
> 
> Fine, but what's the _reason_ not to use the DRM? :)

DRM is overkill for what we need. It would only end up bloating the
system. We just need to setup the DMA engine and send in 3 basic 2D
accels. 

> In the XFree86 r128 driver, it looks rather easy... Besides, by 'switching' I
> meant replacing the MMIO accel functions by DMA ones.

Okay. That is fine.