Re: VGA handling was [Re: Going beyond 256 PCI buses]

Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:14:15 +0000


Hi!

> Yes I know. Also each card needs it own special functions to handle
> programming the CRTC, SEQ registers etc. Perhaps for real multihead
> support I guess the user will have to use fbdev. vgacon can just exist for
> single head systems. I guess it is time to let vga go. It is old technology.

It is still faster than fbdev, and not all cards have fbdev drivers. This
should work with any vga card, right?
Pavel

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