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DateFri, 27 Dec 2002 12:05:38 +0100 (MET)
FromGeert Uytterhoeven <>
SubjectRe: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: also frustrated with the framebuffer and your matrox-card in 2.5.53? hack/patch available!
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On Fri, 27 Dec 2002, Petr Vandrovec wrote:
On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 07:47:52PM +0000, James Simmons wrote:
Petr is expressing his political view. It has nothing to do with technical arguments. In fact I place a bet. I will port the matrox driver and it will have the same functionality as the previous driver except for text mode support. If I can't do it I will not only revert the changes but I

Yes. Without text mode support. But without textmode support that driver is of no use for me because of it is not compatible with VMware then.

What exactly in the new fbdev API is preventing you from having text mode support?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert

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