Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:51:15 -0400 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: arch/i386/boot rewrite, and all the hard-coded video cards |
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On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 06:33:09PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm rewriting the i386 setup code in C, instead of assembly, and before > I spend a very large amount of time translating all the various > card-specific probes, I want to ask the following question... > > Does *anyone* care about these anymore? > > All of these are specific to cards from a very long time ago. I am > currently planning to retain the VESA-related code, and the standard > video modes, but I'd like to avoid the card-specific stuff, especially > since I have absolutely zero ability to test any of testing them (with > the possible sole exception of the cirrus5 code, which is emulated by qemu.) > > Please holler if you care...
I don't really care, but I wonder what the point is of rewriting something that hardly ever gets notably changed, and is rarely (if ever?) a source of bugs. It might be crufty old assembly, but it's worked well for years.
Dave
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