From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jon Smirl Subject: Re: RFC: disallow modular framebuffers Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 13:01:33 -0500 Message-ID: <9e47339105030210012e98d658@mail.gmail.com> References: <20050301024118.GF4021@stusta.de> <20050302121744.GA2871@linux-sh.org> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1D6YAF-0000wO-QA for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 10:01:39 -0800 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.195]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1D6YAE-0007Qh-6H for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 10:01:39 -0800 Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id z35so331266rne for ; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 10:01:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20050302121744.GA2871@linux-sh.org> Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Paul Mundt , Adrian Bunk , adaplas@pol.net, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 14:17:44 +0200, Paul Mundt wrote: > It seems more sensible to just fix up the drivers that don't do this > right.. most of the broken drivers seem to be geared at x86 anyways where > people generally don't seem to care. X86 people don't care because they have VGA (with all of it's warts). But that doesn't mean that VGA is a good thing. VGA lets X86 systems run without needing framebuffer support. -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click