Re: your mail

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:38:32 +0100 (BST)

> Suppose somebody writes support for S3Trio (and other cards that are
> VESA 1.2 compliant), so they became VESA 2.0 compliant. Something like
> UNIVBE and S3VBE20 for MS-DOG. It would probably go in video.S.
>
> Would something like that find a way to official kernel?
> Is it even possible to write something like that?

You'd be better off writing some svga drivers for fbcon - I'd suggest
you start by talking to the kgicon guys. Why fight the crude VESA interfaces
when you can write the code in 32bit C anyway ?

Alan

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