Re: FBdev remains in unusable state

From: David Woodhouse (dwmw2@infradead.org)
Date: Thu Dec 13 2001 - 12:03:12 EST

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VANDROVE@vc.cvut.cz said:
> As it requires userspace, complete realmode 16bit DOS environment, it
> should not live in kernel (due to being 16bit code, and requiring its
> own mm).

A mechanism for a userspace program to change the video mode, then tell
vesafb about the new mode, might be the best way to do this.

-- dwmw2

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