Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 27 Mar 2002 18:56:45 +0100 | | From | Boris <> | | Subject | Re: mdacon.c minor cleanups |
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On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 11:17:39AM +0200, Matan wrote: > > The mdacon.c in 2.4.18 does not actually test for an MDA card, it only > test for ram where the MDA vram is. The problem is that almost any vga > card maps ram to that address. > There is a test, but it is somewhat wrong (it changes registers, but > does not save and restore the original values) and is commented out. If > you fix this and uncomment the test, it works in some cases (this was > discussed under the subject "MDA video detection request" on July 2000). > I am trying to add proper mda detection to the driver.. Current detection code is strange indeed.
Where are those messages archived somewhere ? I could find little info on mda cards so far..
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