From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1E2W6w-0001tV-JM for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:33:50 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E2W6n-0001nv-DS for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:33:41 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E2W6e-0001ir-6E for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:33:33 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E2W6e-0001io-1t for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:33:32 -0400 Received: from [145.74.66.11] (helo=mail-cn.han.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1E2Vz9-0005GH-6o for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:25:47 -0400 Received: from vscan-cn.han.nl (venus.han.nl [145.74.65.6]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B82108646 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 17:11:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-cn.han.nl ([145.74.66.11]) by vscan-cn.han.nl (venus.han.nl [145.74.65.6]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 06618-10 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 16:21:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail1.han.nl (mail1.han.nl [145.74.103.11]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C24DD8CA4 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 17:11:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (mgerards.xs4all.nl [82.92.27.129]) by mail1.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 868F9C046 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 17:11:18 +0200 (CEST) Mail-Copies-To: metgerards@student.han.nl To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <42F8C142.2030304@nic.fi> From: Marco Gerards Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 17:11:18 +0200 In-Reply-To: <42F8C142.2030304@nic.fi> ( =?iso-8859-1?q?Vesa_J=E4=E4skel=E4inen's_message_of?= "Tue, 09 Aug 2005 17:44:18 +0300") Message-ID: <87wtmvp2ll.fsf@student.han.nl> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new (2.2.0) at vscan-cn.han.nl Subject: Re: VESA Bios Extension support for i386 kernel added. 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: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 15:33:46 -0000 Vesa J=E4=E4skel=E4inen writes: Hi Vesa, > I have committed VESA Bios Extension support to i386 kernel. > > Without other stuff it is not useful, but when my flu goes away I will > cleanup my frame buffer code and commit that too. Nice :) I hope you will get well soon. > We probably need to discuss more about how to implement common graphics > mode operations with all targets platforms. But I will get back when I > can think more reasonably :) Right, I agree. I think we should write a generic part and drivers. The drivers should be an abstraction to the hardware so the framebuffer, font drawing code, background loader, and whatever we need will work the same on every platform. So the only thing the porter has to do is writing a driver. :) Thanks, Marco