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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Specs on a Hitachi CM2085me monitor anybody ??
To: regnauld@tetard.glou.eu.org (Philippe Regnauld)
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 13:54:16 -0700 (MST)
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> 	Last time this topic was up people ran away screaming: "No X in the
> 	kernel, no X in the kernel !"...=20
> 
> 	For the intended  purpose, I  don't  think full chipset support  is
> 	required :-) Generic VGA should suffice, AFAI.=20

Yes.  A minimal (or "fallback") interface is most likely the way to
go for any interface you put in the kernel, and then you can optionally
replace it with more complex interfaces via LKM.

The console code was the original reason for the LKM alpha release
(which delayed a shared library release past the point where Novell
acquired USL, and put a nice one year crimp in the development
cycle, until someone else repeated the work).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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