Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] FBDev: vga16fb port

[Sven Luther]

On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 05:22:35PM +0500, Antonino Daplas wrote:
> >   2) The ability to go back to vga text mode on close of /dev/fb. 
> >      Yes fbdev/fbcon supports that now. 
> 
> I'll take a stab at writing VGA save/restore routines which hopefully is
> generic enough to be used by various hardware.  No promises though, VGA
> programming gives me a headache :(

BTW, i am writing a fbdev for a card where the docs tell me to disable
vga output before enabling graphical output. Does i need to do this in
the fbdev i write, or is it already handled by the vga layer, or
whatever ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther