Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 30 Dec 2001 17:54:15 -0800 (PST) | From | James Simmons <> | Subject | Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: [patch] Re: Framebuffer...Why oh Why??? |
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> > Granted, frame buffers have usage in embedded systems, but do they > > really have to be so deeply integrated?? > > They aren't. > > No sane person should use frame buffers if they have the choice. > > Like your mama told you: "Just say no". Use text-mode and X11, and be > happy. > > Some people don't have the choice, of course.
Some. Try pretty much every platform except ix86. Plus now that M$ doesn't support DOS you are starting to see graphics card manufactures dropping VGA support. Even BIOS setup interfaces use the VESA graphics interface these days. So VGA text days are numbered. I agree the framebuffer/console layer really needs to reworked to do the right things. I plan to do that for 2.5.X.
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