Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 31 May 1996 21:46:00 -0700 | From | Tom May <> | Subject | Re: SVGA kernel chipset drivers. |
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Albert Cahalan <albert@ccs.neu.edu> has written:
>>From alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Fri May 31 20:53:09 1996
>>> Nope, the kernel can provide a framebuffer device in /dev that >>> programs can mmap. IO port access is less critical. >> >> We had this argument before. Some cards dont have a frame buffer.
>Name one. (yes, VGA _does_ have a frame buffer)
IBM 8514.
(You must mean cards that don't have direct frame buffer access.)
Tom.
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