Re: OpenGL-based framebuffer concepts

[Helge Hafting]

Martin Mares wrote:
> Hi!
>
>   
> > My thoughts are mixed on continuing to support text mode for anything
> > other than initial boot/install. Linux is all about multiple languages
> > and the character ROMs for text mode don't support all of these
> > languages.
> >     
>
> On most servers, you don't need (and you don't want) anything like that.
> In such cases, everything should be kept simple.
Linux isn't all about servers - but still, a framebuffer is not
"complicated" compared to vga textmode.  It uses more
memory, but that is graphichs memory the server can't
put to better use anyway.


Helge Hafting
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