On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Matan wrote:
> The mdacon.c in 2.4.18 does not actually test for an MDA card, it only
> test for ram where the MDA vram is. The problem is that almost any vga
> card maps ram to that address.
> There is a test, but it is somewhat wrong (it changes registers, but
> does not save and restore the original values) and is commented out. If
> you fix this and uncomment the test, it works in some cases (this was
> discussed under the subject "MDA video detection request" on July 2000).
Aah, thanks for clearing that up.
Zwane
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