Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] FBDev: vga16fb port

From: James Simmons (jsimmons@infradead.org)
Date: Tue Dec 03 2002 - 17:01:06 EST


> > I question whether thats something that belongs anywhere near the
> > kernel. Ben Pfaff wrote a fine library for vga16 hackery (BOGL) and it
> > combines very nicely with the fb driver.
> I kinda agree with this. Most fb apps use mmap to access the
> framebuffer, so it's almost impossible to fake a linear framebuffer from
> a planar one.

Okay. Then that idea is scrapped.

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