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From: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>
To: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bochs VBE & Virtualbox framebuffer driver
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 11:58:37 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <522088ED.6080300@ti.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5211D634.3010204@castus.tv>

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Hi,

On 19/08/13 11:24, Jonathan Campbell wrote:
> This is an experimental framebuffer driver for VirtualBox and Bochs VBE
> displays. It started off as a proof of concept and grew into the code it
> is now. When testing Linux in Bochs or VirtualBox this allows greater
> control over the display and bit depth, though no h/w acceleration.
> 
> What do you think? Would this be something that could make it into the
> mainline kernel?

I don't see why not, although I know nothing about VirtualBox nor Bochs.
But with a very quick glance, it at least needs to be changed to match
the kernel coding conventions.

 Tomi



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Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-19  8:24 Bochs VBE & Virtualbox framebuffer driver Jonathan Campbell
2013-08-30 11:58 ` Tomi Valkeinen [this message]

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