From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LVw6k-0002vr-7D for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:57:06 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LVw6i-0002vi-MK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:57:04 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LVw6h-0002vU-Ah for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:57:03 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51991 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LVw6h-0002vR-4Q for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:57:03 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:60086) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LVw6g-0006aX-Ow for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:57:02 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LVw1T-0006MP-Sl for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:51:40 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LVw6C-0002Zm-IC for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:56:32 +0100 Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 23:56:32 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090207225632.GW6343@thorin> References: <498B4FCB.6090106@gmail.com> <20090205145428.2859b6c3@gibibit.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090205145428.2859b6c3@gibibit.com> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: Framebuffer address and kernel video mode X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:57:04 -0000 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."