Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: also frustrated with the framebuffer
Geert Uytterhoeven (geert@linux-m68k.org)
Fri, 27 Dec 2002 12:05:38 +0100 (MET)
On Fri, 27 Dec 2002, Petr Vandrovec wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 07:47:52PM +0000, James Simmons wrote:
> > Petr is expressing his political view. It has nothing to do with technical
> > arguments. In fact I place a bet. I will port the matrox driver and it
> > will have the same functionality as the previous driver except for text
> > mode support. If I can't do it I will not only revert the changes but I
>
> Yes. Without text mode support. But without textmode support that driver is
> of no use for me because of it is not compatible with VMware then.
What exactly in the new fbdev API is preventing you from having text mode
support?
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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