On Maw, 2004-05-11 at 19:48, Egbert Eich wrote: > For the text console to be usable you possibly want to be able to > 1. move the fb start address for scrolling > 2. to do some basik 2D accel for fast text drawing > > Also your framebuffer may not be completely linear.
In which case bank switch is needed. Its actually not clear you need 2D accel. Its *nice* but not essential. Its becoming more and more the case that console mode is the debug/boot interface for a device. > (I'n not talking about > VGA banking, but it seems like modern HW may not be able to map in all video > memory at the same time). We hit this with the vesa driver - we just use the first 8Mb or so nowdays. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Sleepycat Software Learn developer strategies Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson & Lucent use to deliver higher performing products faster, at low TCO. http://www.sleepycat.com/telcomwpreg.php?From=osdnemail3 -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
