The basic point remains, though: if Linux is going to support (at the
kernel level) a certain hardware device, the driver's gotta go in the
kernel. So we either support it, or we don't. I haven't seen any
other devices that Linux hasn't supported because we didn't want to put
"another driver" into the kernel...
Besides, the support for each individual board shouldn't be changing
much. There would be a lot of new boards to add, but I guess I see it
the same as Ethernet or sound cards: there's lots of different ones,
some versions of the kernel don't support some of them, some of the
advanced features of the cards aren't supported, etc. I don't see how
it's different just because they're GRAPHICS adapters.
There is NO kernel-level support for graphics in the Linux kernel right
now, besides what's necessary for text mode. I see that as a distinct
limitation and a "bad thing". Yes, it's going to take some work to do
- but people are ALREADY working on it.
> Jes
--Nathan 'Nato' Uno nathan.uno@coat.com
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