On 5/6/05, Daniel Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 06 May 2005 09:16, Timothy Miller wrote: > > On 5/6/05, Daniel Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Was it decided whether to implement (a few) text modes only, vs vga > > > graphics modes as well? It would seem sensible to implement only > > > text modes for the time being, in order to leave more room on the > > > FPGA for our own (non-vga) graphics mode(s). > > > > > > If it is going to be text mode only, does that reduce the number of > > > registers that need to be fully documented? Or do we want to fully > > > document the vga graphics-related registers anyway, and just mark > > > the ones that are not involved in text modes? > > > > My opinion is that if we want to boot Windows, and we want to support > > safe mode, we need to support some graphics modes. > > How important is it that the very first FPGA release boot Windows? How > about just booting Linux for the first release, and spend some saved > gates on more multipliers and memory control logic?
I suspect there will be lots of people who want to dual-boot. I, for one, will want to be able to play Age of Mythology on it. :) > > Maybe this is something we need to add to the survey: > > a) Would you buy this card _only_ if it boots Windows (where nobody > really needs an open graphics card anyway) > > b) Would you want this card even more if it _doesn't_ boot Windows :-) > > c) Do you dual boot? Don't you have a working video card already, > that already has Windows drivers? Why not keep using that one to > boot Windows? I have a machine that I seldom boot into Windows, but on the occasions that I do, I want it to work. I also want Linux to work really well with it. > We can always follow up a few weeks later with a logic upgrade to boot > Windows. But I for one would not want to delay the Linux release by > even a week to accommodate that. I suspect there are operating systems other than Windows that would want this. Any embedded systems based on x86? How about simple point-of-sale systems that ONLY use VGA? Mind you, you could use a different card, but so what? > And: will Windows drivers even be ready by then? Is anybody really > passionate enough to write those drivers, particularly given the extra > level of pain they can expect for low-level Windows code? ReactOS people expressed an interest. > /me listens for a thundering herd of volunteers... You make a good point, but dual-boot is still a very popular option. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
