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To: "Kendall Bennett" <KendallB@scitechsoft.com>
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Subject: Re: Generic VESA framebuffer driver and Video card BOOT?
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From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
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"Kendall Bennett" <KendallB@scitechsoft.com> writes:
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> So what do you guys think? 

How big is the module with emulator etc.? 

Normally putting such an emulator into kernel space doesn't 
sound very attractive, but if it's small enough it can 
be perhaps considered. Still it might be better to do it
in user space.

-Andi