Re: early multihead support

[Mike A. H. <mh...@me...>]

On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, James Simmons wrote:

>Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 10:55:05 -0400 (EDT)
>From: James Simmons <jsi...@ac...>
>To: Linux console project <lin...@li...>
>Subject: early multihead support
>
>
>hi!!
>
>  Well today I have been work on some new code that will allow you to boot
>both a MDA display and a VGA con display at the same time. I'm going to
>finish it today. Does anyone have a MDA display and a video card that can
>run as VGAcon. I really like to give this a try soon. Thank you.
>
>Q: Why did they deprecate a.out support in linux?
>A: Because a nasty coff is bad for your elf.

Sorry if this reply is too much after the fact, but I have the
required setup you describe above.  I use a PCI Cirrus Logic
with an old ISA mono card with kernels 2.2.x and it works
fine.  If you've got some new code that needs testing, I'd be
glad too.  I also have a Voodoo card in this box as well - if
that makes any difference.

Just let me know if you need any testing, either public testing
or private stuff - you can email me - as can anyone else involved
with the console stuff.

I look forward to this new subsystem.

Take care,
TTYL

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