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SubjectRe: MDA video detection request.
James Simmons <jsimmons@acsu.buffalo.edu> wrote:
> > As I say, I use two consoles all the time. My S3 Virge runs the VESA
> > framebuffer at 1024x768, and my MDA is just 80x25. And it all works.
>
> What I mean is having two drivers playing with the same hardware. I have
> seen this with running vesafb and the native chipset fbdev driver on the
> same card. It's a bad idea.

As you might have guessed I have a multihead fetish, there are 3 PCI slots in
my machine, and I have 3 ISA card slots so that means a possible total of 6
monitors. I know that having ISA VGA, EGA and MDA all going at ones is not
going to happen, so it is probably more like a maximum of 4 monitors. I have
tried and I can fit them all on my desk at once, just need the support in the
kernel now.

> > Expect a detailed report shortly, well, when I have some time.
>
> Great. Thanks for testing it. As for the S3 Virge I have seen a few people
> attempt at making a Virge fbdev driver. Inquire on the fbdev list to see
> who is involved in that.

As it stands I think there is a total of 6 drivers for S3 cards. Most of these
are being written for the Trio, I have not found a Virge fbdev driver that
works yet. I thought that writting one myself might teach me something, so far
it has. I am going to subscribe to the fbdev list and ask there again. I am
actually on the s3-fbdev list I think, but there has been no traffic for a
few months.

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