From: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
To: The development of GRUB 2 <grub-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Framebuffer address and kernel video mode
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 23:56:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090207225632.GW6343@thorin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090205145428.2859b6c3@gibibit.com>
On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 02:54:28PM -0800, Colin D Bennett wrote:
>
> Well, we could do this, but I don't really like the idea of making
> framebuffer address and bytes_per_scan line parts of the generic video
> API.
>
> I think it would be OK to make these data accessible as an optional
> feature. That is, potentially future video drivers might not use a
> framebuffer.
Being optional should be no problem IMO, but please don't make it unportable
by requiring clients to access VBE directly.
--
Robert Millan
The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-07 22:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-05 20:44 Framebuffer address and kernel video mode phcoder
2009-02-05 22:54 ` Colin D Bennett
2009-02-06 6:11 ` phcoder
2009-02-07 22:56 ` Robert Millan [this message]
2009-02-07 22:54 ` Robert Millan
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