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Date:      Sat, 26 Oct 2013 22:32:40 +0300
From:      Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>
To:        dt71@gmx.com
Cc:        Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@ddteam.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: newcons comming
Message-ID:  <20131026223240.098168fd.ray@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <526B812C.5000403@gmx.com>
References:  <20131025151847.2a1b83de93335040797ceaf1@ddteam.net> <526B812C.5000403@gmx.com>

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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
-- 
Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>



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