From: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com>
To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: Dennis Munsie <dmunsie@cecropia.com>,
Edgar Hucek <hostmaster@ed-soft.at>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] New Framebuffer for Intel based Macs [try #2] (fwd)
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:32:44 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <449A7FDC.2030304@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9D874D8E-7EF1-4C29-98F2-AEDFD78C6676@cecropia.com>
Dennis Munsie wrote:
> Why is a new framebuffer driver required in this case?
It is a platform driver, much like vga16fb and vesafb are for
x86. They are backup drivers.
> Why not use
> the intelfb driver for the mini and the MacBook and an ati driver for
> the iMac and the MacBook Pro?
The same reason that people use vesafb because the chipset-specific
driver either conflicts with X or does not work.
Tony
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-22 11:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-22 8:38 [PATCH 1/1] New Framebuffer for Intel based Macs [try #2] (fwd) Geert Uytterhoeven
2006-06-22 8:52 ` Torgeir Veimo
2006-06-22 10:35 ` Edgar Hucek
2006-06-22 11:24 ` Dennis Munsie
2006-06-22 11:32 ` Antonino A. Daplas [this message]
2006-06-22 12:43 ` Dennis Munsie
2006-06-23 4:01 ` Edgar Hucek
2006-06-22 12:02 ` Aurelien Jacobs
2006-06-22 12:23 ` Malcolm
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