> That depends on the BIOS more than the chipset. When I had a Virge, I
> had to load a DOS TSR to get VBE2.0 compatability. This could work with
> Linux as well, using loadlin. The only thing that doesn't work is the
> limited protected mode functionality of VBE2.0, since the TSR is
> overwritten after bootup.
Not exactly a real solution. Perhaps something should be done to give
pseudo-VBE2.0 functionality to VBE1.2 boards on boot. ie something to muck
about with the video card before the kernel loads. OTOH, this would
probably not be a kernel-space issue. (IOW, it could be done either as a
separate utility, or as an add-on to lilo).
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