Re: [linux-fbdev] Re: atyfb with 2.3.30 ond x86

James Simmons (jsimmons@edgeglobal.com)
Wed, 8 Dec 1999 21:43:15 -0500 (EST)

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> > The docs from the video card company should tell you how.
>
> Not the really important stuff... Most video cards you can reprogram
> the modes, but memory timings are often up to the board not chip maker.
> The only place the board maker can store their funky logic is in the
> BIOS. Sometimes you can simply read the BIOS data and act upon it,
> sometimes not [without the BIOS source code anyway].

Yuk! Oh wells.

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