Re: Various VGA, VGL, FB questions

2000-12-19 Thread Nicolas Souchu
On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 01:32:47AM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > Why is there the same VGA code in dev/fb/vga.c and libvgl? I think > > especially of the set_palette routines. > > The framebuffer code is a newer addition. Libvgl was done quite a while > ago as more or less a proof-of-concept. >

Re: Various VGA, VGL, FB questions

2000-12-19 Thread Mike Smith
> Why is there the same VGA code in dev/fb/vga.c and libvgl? I think > especially of the set_palette routines. The framebuffer code is a newer addition. Libvgl was done quite a while ago as more or less a proof-of-concept. > As a more general rule, what's the philosophy for the future of > lib

Various VGA, VGL, FB questions

2000-12-19 Thread Nicolas Souchu
Dear hackers, Why is there the same VGA code in dev/fb/vga.c and libvgl? I think especially of the set_palette routines. As a more general rule, what's the philosophy for the future of libvgl and framebuffer? Should VGL drawing routines be moved to dev/fb/vga.c? Also, there are some drawing rou