On Thursday 27 January 2005 19:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I would really like to understand how graphic cards > get initialized during x86 boot and how the OpenGraphics card > is going to handle this
Hi Steven, The only interesting part is the text mode initialization. Nothing beyond 80x25 monochrome text is required, and that's just for convenience so you don't need a custom kernel to boot. Personally, I don't think it's worth supporting VESA modes at all. Since the card specs are open, VESA support is pointless. This makes the bios code very short and sweet. Only a fraction of Int15 has to be supported on the PC. Other arches should be a piece of cake. Regards, Daniel _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
