Breaking this thread, sorry, don't have the original message anymore.

Why is there a need to mimic vga registers? Surely all there needs to be 
is handling of int10 calls (maybe with a portion of vbe) for textmode 
and basic initial graphics modes to satisfy x86 bioses and the windows 
rescue system. If this requires lying about pci class to trick x86 
bioses into running the bios, then do so (as long as there is a way to 
"fix" this).

I personally don't enjoy vga registers, apart from the semi standard it 
tends to be. I think that most people would prefer a clean and 
extendable (not scattering bits around like with vga) set of registers 
in a pci io range. The fact that this device should be open largely 
removes the necessity to try to comply to the basic VGA "standard".

Luc Verhaegen.
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