Re: [PATCH] matroxfb update to new API

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 09:46:45PM +0200, Petr Vandrovec wrote:
> On 27 May 03 at 21:44, Nicolas Souchu wrote:
> > On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 07:50:21PM +0200, Petr Vandrovec wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >   I just created stripped down version of matroxfb - it is available
> > > as diff for 2.5.70 at 
> > > ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/matrox-latest/mga-stripdown-2.5.70.gz.
> > > 
> > >   I'll still update my own version of fbdev layer and matroxfb, as
> > > this stripped down driver is quite unusable for me.
> > >                       Petr Vandrovec
> > 
> > What do you mean exactly?
> 
> What I say... matroxfb driver & fbcon layer which supports fbset, updates
> all visible screens, supports text mode, implements clear_margins
> as black color and not current background color.
> 
> You can download that patch for several months from
> ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/matrox-latest - current latest is
> mga-2.5.69-c1155.gz, it applies to 2.5.70 with one offset. If you
> do not have Matrox graphics card in your device, then this patch is
> of no use for you.

If i have a matrox card and another supported by the new API, will both
work with this latest patch ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther


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