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Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 22:32:40 +0300
From: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>
To: dt71@gmx.com
Subject: Re: newcons comming
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On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:45:32 +0200
dt71@gmx.com wrote:

> Suppose that Newcons gets in quickly. I use a Radeon 9600 card. Will
> I see something useful on my screen (with KMS and the new Xorg and
> things like that), or will my screen be black?

Yup, you will get normal virtual terminal, but a bit bigger than
640x480. It is main reason why x11 team ask me to merge newcons ASAP.
Newcons can use framebuffer provided by DRM.

Try it yourself.

WBW
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Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>