Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 1 Jun 1996 21:38:21 -0500 (CDT) | From | ixx <> | Subject | Re: SVGA kernel chipset drivers. |
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On Sat, 1 Jun 1996, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > On Fri, 31 May 1996, Albert Cahalan wrote: > > > Unlikely. The difference between a library driver running with > > > video ram mmap()'d (ie direct access) and io port access and a > > > kernel driver is probably that the kernel driver is slower due > > > to syscall overhead. > > > > Nope, the kernel can provide a framebuffer device in /dev that > > programs can mmap. IO port access is less critical. > > > > The real reasons for such a driver are reliability and security. > > Could we PLEASE stop this framebuffer nonsense? <snip> > Linus or bring this nonsense to linux-offtopic :)
................... : taylor cc (ixx) : :::::::::::::::::::
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