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On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 09:46 +0200, Philip Paeps wrote:
> On 2008-05-16 19:15:19 (+0800), ketracel <ketracel@internode.on.net> wrot=
e:
> > Any FreeBSD developers out there working on a Framebuffer driver which
> > provides modern high resolution modes (including widescreen) for the sy=
stem
> > console?
>=20
> Not specifically working on a high-res framebuffer, but I'm working on
> divorcing the framebuffer from syscons.  Once that work is done, it shoul=
d be
> possible to write more "advanced" framebuffer drivers.

And the graphics developers are already porting their drivers to the
kernel to provide the framebuffer part.  What it would take to port that
to FreeBSD has been outlined elsewhere.

--=20
Eric Anholt                             anholt@FreeBSD.org
eric@anholt.net                         eric.anholt@intel.com


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