Re: early multihead support

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

> 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.

Its almost done. I have to finish the blanking code. After this is
just a matter of changing the size of the VC pools to 16 and with the
current 64 limit we can have 4 active heads at one time. After this I'm
going to have to raise the 64 limit which is going to require alot of tty
code changes :-( I will announce when you will be avaiable for testing and
then once we have it going I will announce it on the kernel and fbdev
mailing list. 

Q: Why did they deprecate a.out support in linux?
A: Because a nasty coff is bad for your elf.

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