Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: FrameBuffer | From | Jes Sorensen <> | Date | 12 Feb 1999 09:50:07 +0100 |
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>>>>> "Alex" == Alex Riedel <riedel@taraz.kz> writes:
Alex> Hi! I have tried yesterday Framebuffer for ATI Mach64. The Alex> console turns out very beautiful. But why is supported only Alex> ATI, Matrox or VESA 2.0? How about S3 (Trio, Virge, V2/DX)? In Alex> kernel there are these of the driver, but only not for x86. It Alex> seems S3 very much distributed chipset, at least at us so. --
Because the S3 drivers currently in the kernel are _very_ limited in functionality and relies on the booter (or previously run operating system) to initialize the board first and will then only take over the screen.
Jes
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