On Thursday 27 January 2005 20:24, Robert Loomans wrote: > > 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. > > I disagree. I frequently use the text console and find that 80x25 is > not enough.... I suggest that at least 80x50 should be supported too. > > Further, I suspect that dropping colour support in text mode would be > a mistake. Many Linux installers and boot scripts use colour to > highlight important information, particularly red for failure. > > Going further, I don't think that a graphics card can be truly VGA > compatible without the full range of text modes.
Personally I see VGA compatibility as completely expendable, or at least deferable to a later version, and the same with any text mode beyond what is strictly required to display a neolithic monochrome console. But if you don't agree, here is a vga core from opencores.org that might work out, assuming the license is ok. http://www.opencores.org/projects.cgi/web/vga_lcd/overview Can somebody give me a hint please, what "FLEX: EPF10K50E-1: 1112lcells" translates into in terms of Spartan III real estate? 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)
