From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id PAA3222353 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 15:56:45 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980205.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id PAA17661536 for linux-list; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 15:56:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sgi.sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980205.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id PAA16885423 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 15:55:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from informatik.uni-koblenz.de (mailhost.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.4.1]) by sgi.sgi.com (980309.SGI.8.8.8-aspam-6.2/980304.SGI-aspam) via ESMTP id PAA22194 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 15:55:56 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (ralf@mailhost.uni-koblenz.de) Received: from thoma (ralf@thoma.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.4.61]) by informatik.uni-koblenz.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA11562; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 00:55:53 +0200 (MEST) Received: by thoma (SMI-8.6/KO-2.0) id AAA03612; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 00:55:49 +0200 Message-ID: <19980430005548.01183@uni-koblenz.de> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 00:55:48 +0200 From: ralf@uni-koblenz.de To: Alan Cox Cc: adevries@engsoc.carleton.ca, linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Rex and the Newport. References: <19980430003404.02686@uni-koblenz.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: ; from Alan Cox on Wed, Apr 29, 1998 at 11:38:25PM +0100 Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Wed, Apr 29, 1998 at 11:38:25PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > Btw, whe really should switch all MIPS machines to fbcon or will never > > have a kernel with reasonable fast console and support for multiple > > GFX types in kernel binary. > > fbcon assumes direct memory access to the display. abscon is probably > what you want. Sorry, yes. I had the G364 based video card for Magnum 4000 / Olivetti M700-10 in mind which in fact is just a dumb fb. Ralf