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From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: "Petr Vandrovec" <VANDROVE@vc.cvut.cz>
Cc: Pozsar Balazs <pozsy@sch.bme.hu>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: FBdev remains in unusable state
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 17:03:12 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <28227.1008262992@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BE390EC144E@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz>
In-Reply-To: <BE390EC144E@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz>


VANDROVE@vc.cvut.cz said:
> As it requires userspace, complete realmode 16bit DOS environment, it
> should not live in kernel (due to being 16bit code, and requiring its
> own mm).

A mechanism for a userspace program to change the video mode, then tell 
vesafb about the new mode, might be the best way to do this.

--
dwmw2



  reply	other threads:[~2001-12-13 17:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-12-13 18:00 FBdev remains in unusable state Petr Vandrovec
2001-12-13 17:03 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-12-12 21:55 Petr Vandrovec
2001-12-13 11:35 ` David Woodhouse
2001-12-13 13:29   ` Pozsar Balazs
2001-12-13 16:11     ` David Woodhouse
2001-12-12 21:32 Petr Vandrovec
2001-12-12 20:42 ` Pozsar Balazs
2001-12-12 20:13 Petr Vandrovec
2001-12-12 20:14 ` Pozsar Balazs
2001-12-12 18:49 Pozsar Balazs

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