Re: FBdev remains in unusable state

David Woodhouse (dwmw2@infradead.org)
Thu, 13 Dec 2001 17:03:12 +0000

VANDROVE@vc.cvut.cz said:
> As it requires userspace, complete realmode 16bit DOS environment, it
> should not live in kernel (due to being 16bit code, and requiring its
> own mm).

A mechanism for a userspace program to change the video mode, then tell
vesafb about the new mode, might be the best way to do this.

--
dwmw2




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