Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 7 Jun 1996 23:13:25 -0400 (EDT) | From | Kenneth Albanowski <> | Subject | Re: SVGA kernel chipset drivers. |
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On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> >>>>> "Kenneth" == Kenneth Albanowski <kjahds@kjahds.com> writes: > > Kenneth> This keeps getting mentioned, but I'm not sure all the > Kenneth> pieces are in place. Yes, VESA 2.0 is "32-bit". Does that > Kenneth> actually mean it's usable from within Linux? More > Kenneth> importantly, do _any_ cards have VESA 2.0 information built > Kenneth> into the ROM? I hope I don't need to point out that a DOS > Kenneth> VESA TSR (32-bit or not) is quite useless to Linux. > > Well, actually I had 16-bit VESA in mind if it's the only thing > available. Pretty much everything has that. I didn't say it would be > easy... :-)
Hmmmm. Nope, sorry, not of much use. You could use it to enumerate modes at boot time, but there would be no way of actually _setting_ those modes without dropping back to real mode. (Or at least setting up a V86 mode.) Not easy at all.
I'm afraid VESA (in just about any incarnation) is basically useless to Linux. Perhaps I'm wrong about 2.0, but I wouldn't bet on it.
> -- Jamie
-- Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com, CIS: 70705,126)
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