Re: Frame buffer device thinkings...

maciej h babinski (mhbabins@students.uiuc.edu)
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 13:15:50 -0500

I would think that this goes against the design philosophy of the
framebuffer subsystem. Wasn't the point to put hardware access into
the kernel and away from the grubby hands of users?

On Tue, Sep 15, 1998 at 11:46:59AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Currently a frame buffer device needs code to change the
resolution and/or > color depth. However, for sane hardware there's
no need to put this code in the > kernel. The question then is: how
to tell the kernel that the video mode was > changed? >

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