Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] 3DFX framebuffer driver v0.2.2

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

> > The current kernel still contains version 0.1.3 which is rather old. Much
> > work has been done until version 0.2.2, mainly support for:
> > 
> > * non-8 dot wide fonts
> > * multihead
> > * full 8/16/24/32 bit color (fixes the ugly bootup penguin)
> > * MIPS
> > * module options
> > 
> > I think it's worth to give it a chance and to continue development on the
> > base of that code. So I "ported" it to kernel 2.4.2x. Get this new patch
> > here:
> > 
> > http://tu-ilmenau.de/~johe-ii/3dfx-0.2.2-2.4.21-pre1.diff.gz
> > 
> > I just merged the improvements that happened to v0.1.3 while it was in the
> > kernel and did some source formating.

Thanks. I'm looking over the patch now and will intergrate it into 2.5.X.