From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 9 00:35:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA15117 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 00:35:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sos.freebsd.dk (sos.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA15069; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 00:35:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sos@sos.freebsd.dk) Received: (from sos@localhost) by sos.freebsd.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA02097; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 09:34:47 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from sos) Message-Id: <199803090834.JAA02097@sos.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: Framebuffer access via libvgl In-Reply-To: <199803090754.XAA27986@rah.star-gate.com> from Amancio Hasty at "Mar 8, 98 11:54:40 pm" To: hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 09:34:43 +0100 (MET) Cc: doconnor@gsoft.com.au, mike@smith.net.au, sos@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: Søren Schmidt Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL30 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In reply to Amancio Hasty who wrote: > > Actually, the code needs to be rip out from XFree86 and not from > svgalib. > > Amancio > > > > > > You want the Bitmap pointer... > > > > > > Now, when will this work with linear framebuffers? 8) > > When you^H^H^Hsomeone rips the code out of svgalib.. :) BZZST!, none of the above, we need to be able to do VESA BIOS calls from within the kernel. Give me THAT and I'll give you modes & linear buffer and what have you. Stop all the other bullshit, its only going to provide <50% solutions and will only run on a very limitted set of hardware, period. Contractors ?? :) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team Even more code to hack -- will it ever end .. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message