Re: CVS updates/VGA mode setting

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

> ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/matrox-latest/2.4.0-test7-vgatext.gz.
> It contains patch for 2.4.0-test7 which adds textmode and 8bpp modes
> to vga16fb driver (8bpp of course only 320x200 cfb8 or 360x480 planar 8,
> as standard VGA knows).

Nice. Support even for Mode X :-) I will take a look at it in depth. The
one thing I like to see is vgacon set the video mode itself instead of
depending on the system firmware. The reason being is usually firmware is 
not multihead freindly and also this will allow use to be able to migrate
between vgacon and another console subsystem like fbdev. We can also use
this for recovery when a app like a X server crashes. 

>   Although I think that we should leave VGA alone. It is just too painful
> to try multihead on such hardware...

True. It would be a pain to make vgacon work with other vgacon drivers. It
is no problem with another fbcon or mdacon driver.

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