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    SubjectRe: SVGA kernel chipset drivers.
    On Sat, 1 Jun 1996, Linus Torvalds wrote:

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    >
    > On Fri, 31 May 1996, Albert Cahalan wrote:
    > > > Unlikely. The difference between a library driver running with
    > > > video ram mmap()'d (ie direct access) and io port access and a
    > > > kernel driver is probably that the kernel driver is slower due
    > > > to syscall overhead.
    > >
    > > Nope, the kernel can provide a framebuffer device in /dev that
    > > programs can mmap. IO port access is less critical.
    > >
    > > The real reasons for such a driver are reliability and security.
    >
    > Could we PLEASE stop this framebuffer nonsense?
    <snip>
    > Linus
    or bring this nonsense to linux-offtopic :)

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