Yep, frame buffer devices can be loadable kernel modules, loaded `on demand'.
> to know about in text mode and exposes the other stuff to the X server. It
> deals with the mode changes too.
For the interested: there's a beta accelerated X server for the Retina Z3 frame
buffer device. It drives a chipset that's not supported by XFree86 acceleration
(NCR 77C32BLT).
Greetings,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/ Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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