On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 10:38, Alex Deucher wrote: > what's the difference between the two? why does linux have it's own > version? why couldn't the linux version be used with BSD? something to > do with the kernel?
Yes. The linux-specific module uses the vm86 support of linux to do the int10 execution. The BSDs offer something similar to linux, I think, but at least there isn't a module for it, so we use the generic emulation. -- Eric Anholt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
