Re: SVGA kernel chipset drivers.

Jamie Lokier (jamie@rebellion.co.uk)
Fri, 7 Jun 96 16:16 BST


>>>>> "Kenneth" == Kenneth Albanowski <kjahds@kjahds.com> writes:

Kenneth> This keeps getting mentioned, but I'm not sure all the
Kenneth> pieces are in place. Yes, VESA 2.0 is "32-bit". Does that
Kenneth> actually mean it's usable from within Linux? More
Kenneth> importantly, do _any_ cards have VESA 2.0 information built
Kenneth> into the ROM? I hope I don't need to point out that a DOS
Kenneth> VESA TSR (32-bit or not) is quite useless to Linux.

Well, actually I had 16-bit VESA in mind if it's the only thing
available. Pretty much everything has that. I didn't say it would be
easy... :-)

-- Jamie