On Po 29-05-06 17:23:59, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Pavel Machek wrote:
> >These are very reasonable rules... but still, I think we need to move
> >away from vgacon/vesafb. We need proper hardware drivers for our
> >hardware.
>
> I agree we need proper drivers, but moving away from vesafb will be
> tough... moving away from vgacon is likely impossible for many many
> years yet.
>
> Once proper hardware drivers exist, you will still need to support
> booting into a situation where you probably need video before a driver
> can be loaded -- e.g. distro installers. Server owners will likely
> prefer vgacon over a huge video driver they will never use for anything
> but text mode console.
Well, I agree that vesafb and vgacon need to exist and are useful for
installation/servers/etc. I was arguing that some combinations are
bad.
Like vgacon + X + 3D acceleration.
Pavel
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