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SubjectRe: [PATCH -mm] video: uvesafb: Add X86 dependency.
On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 12:41:49PM +0100, Paulo Marques wrote:
> Paul Mundt wrote:
> >uvesafb is x86-specific, reflect that in the Kconfig.
>
> Hummm... uvesafb _shouldn't_ be x86 specific. At least according to
> their page [1] where it says: "works on non-x86 systems".
>
> Uvesafb uses a x86 emulator in userspace to run code from the video card
> ROM, so it should work on any PCI system where we can access the video
> card ROM and can emulate the hardware used by the ROM code.
>
> Why do you say that it's x86 specific? Am I missing something?
>
The emulator it uses only runs on x86 and x86_64. Thus, it's x86
specific. The v86d and uvesafb pages seem to be in disagremeent, unless
by 'non-x86' it's only implying x86_64.

Additionally, it needs the vga I/O routines, as per vgacon. Most
platforms don't define these.
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