Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 16 Oct 2004 13:44:23 -0400 | From | Jon Smirl <> | Subject | Re: Generic VESA framebuffer driver and Video card BOOT? |
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> What this means is that it should be possible to build a new version of > the VESA framebuffer console driver for the Linux kernel that will have > these important features: > > 1. Be able to switch display modes on the fly, supporting all modes > enumerated by the Video BIOS. > > 2. Be able to support refresh rate control on graphics cards that support > the VBE 3.0 services.
How is this going to work if there are multiple graphics cards installed? Each card will want to install it's own VBE extension interrupt.
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