Re: clgenfb.c and i386 (Cirrus Logic FB)

Martynas Kunigelis (mkunigelis@alna.lt)
Tue, 17 Nov 1998 15:50:16 +0200


Richard A Nelson wrote:

> I see that clgenfb.c isn't supported for i386 arch ;-{

The same unfortunately holds true for many cards, S3 Virge in my case.
There is virgefb.c, but not for i386 :(

How much effort is required to "backport" the drivers? IIRC, most of the
depend on the firmware to set the initial graphics mode, which is of no
help on PC.

Also, it would be very nice if the generic VGA fbcon driver had support
for standard VGA graphics modes, e.g. 320x200@8bpp or 640x480@4bpp.
Heck, planar 320x240 (aka Mode-X) would be cool as well :). (hint hint
svgalib and ggi hackers :)

-Martynas

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