From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Feb 27 5:35: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from fep02-svc.tin.it (mta02-acc.tin.it [212.216.176.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DC4B14F0F for ; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 05:35:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paipai@box4.tin.it) Received: from winworkstation ([212.216.237.20]) by fep02-svc.tin.it (InterMail v4.0 201-221-105) with SMTP id <19990227133443.CLKK4420.fep02-svc@winworkstation> for ; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 14:34:43 +0100 From: "Paolo Di Francesco" To: hackers@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 11:46:12 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Accessing the BIOS... In-reply-to: <199902270349.MAA06084@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> References: Your message of "Fri, 26 Feb 1999 15:34:00 EST." <36D70538.8D09F7F@bellatlantic.net> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01d) Message-Id: <19990227133443.CLKK4420.fep02-svc@winworkstation> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >By using VBE, you can get hi-res modes like 1024x768x16 million > >colors without having a specific driver for the video card. The disadvantage > >would be, well, you'd have to have your app call the VESA BIOS in protected > >mode, and using BIOS graphics would be a lot slower than using a specific > >driver for a particular VGA card, without BIOS calls. > Yes, I suppose it will be very slow (compared to accelerated). The VESA approach is used by QNX for their demo. It's slow, but one driver for many not supported video card. Better than nothing. Ciao Ciao Paolo Di Francesco _ ->B<- All Recycled Bytes Message ... ~ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message