Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] The future of framebuffer

[Sven <lu...@dp...>]

On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 07:36:38AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Sven wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 07:58:51PM +0400, Nick Kurshev wrote:
> > > > Sure, but you aren't listening, you just plainly ignore all the n=
on-i386
> > > > hardware out there, as well as all the older vide ocards. And the=
re are a lot
> > > > of graphic cards that are supported but are not VESA 2.=E0 or lat=
er compatible.
> > > >=20
> > > > Also you plainly forget all those where VESA support is somewhat =
broken.
> > > >=20
> > > > and if you use vesafb, you already have most of the fbdve infrast=
ructure in
> > > > anyway, so why not use decent drivers ?
> > > >=20
> > > I'm sorry - I didn't know about non-x86 architectures.
> >=20
> > Remember, fbdev was first developped by Geert on amiga hardware for
> > linux/m68k, if i am not mistaken. These hardware don't have text cons=
oles, and
>=20
> Slight correction: by Martin Schaller on Atari. But he disappeared from=
 the
> scene and I took over.

Yes, i remembered something such, but wasn't really sure about it.

Friendly,

Sven Luther