Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 6 Jun 1996 16:16:15 -0400 (EDT) | From | Kenneth Albanowski <> | Subject | Re: SVGA kernel chipset drivers. |
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On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, Jon M. Taylor wrote:
> > This keeps getting mentioned, but I'm not sure all the pieces are in > > place. Yes, VESA 2.0 is "32-bit". Does that actually mean it's usable from > > within Linux? > > 32-bit protected mode? I don't see any reason why not. It works > in Win95 (which, IIRC, was the reason for making it 32-bit).
That's piece of information is hardly useful. Linux could be doing any number of things that Win95 that would prevent VESA 2.0 calls from working.
> > More importantly, do _any_ cards have VESA 2.0 information > > built into the ROM? I hope I don't need to point out that a DOS VESA TSR > > (32-bit or not) is quite useless to Linux. > > *All* the new ones do. The one I'm using right now (~3 months old) > does, for example.
I'm seeing conflicting information on this. And the Hercules Dynamite card I purchased not _that_ long ago doesn't have VBE 1.2, let alone 2.0, in the ROM.
I don't doubt that it would be useful to use the VESA calls if they are available, I just doubt they are widely available.
Don't forget, VESA is hardly a universal panacea -- if it was, this whole thread wouldn't be happening.
-- Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com, CIS: 70705,126)
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