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SubjectRe: chipsfb.c on Intel platforms
On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Jon M. Taylor wrote:
> > On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Michael Meissner wrote:
> > > I don't have the office laptop this week, but it is a Toshiba 420CDS
> > > that uses a Chips and Technologies 65550 chip to control the lcd
> > > screen. I notice there is a video driver for this chip in
> > > drivers/video/chipsfb.c, but that is only enabled for the PowerMac. I
> > > wonder if the chipsfb.c driver is robust enough to be used for a video
> > > driver in x86 mode?
> >
> > The KGI C&T 655xx driver works fine on x86.
>
> <evil>
> Does it work on PPC?
> </evil>

Probably not |->. But I've never tried. Hm, I run LinuxPPC at work
now, maybe I'll give it a try (just the compilation and insert-detect-fail
parts, I don't have a C&T video chipset).

Jon

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