From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Romanick Subject: Re: Why am I shocked? Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 13:49:58 -0700 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <3E91E476.2070002@us.ibm.com> References: <3E91C9F4.9060504@starpower.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from e31.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.129]) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Cipher TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 192dZ7-0007kd-00 for ; Mon, 07 Apr 2003 13:50:05 -0700 In-Reply-To: <3E91C9F4.9060504@starpower.net> Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Alan Grimes , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Alan Grimes wrote: > I'll cut the kernel devels some slack because ATI is tight-lipped about > the specs of its products but not supporting VESA 2 modes is flat-out > _UNFORGIVABLE_. Time for a reality check. AFAIK 99.9% of the work done on the fbcon drivers is done by people who are NOT PAID TO DO THAT WORK. They are volunteers who do the work because they want to. If having support for Vesa 2 modes is something that is so important to you, you should put your time where you mouth is instead of bashing people who have already given an awful lot! :) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/