Alan Cox writes: > > In which case bank switch is needed. Its actually not clear you need > 2D accel. Its *nice* but not essential. Its becoming more and more the > case that console mode is the debug/boot interface for a device.
OK. > > > (I'n not talking about > > VGA banking, but it seems like modern HW may not be able to map in all video > > memory at the same time). > > We hit this with the vesa driver - we just use the first 8Mb or so > nowdays. That should work. The kernel could use whatever bank is currently mapped. Or the banking is done inside the kernel - as it may be needed anyway to do DRI. Egbert. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Sleepycat Software Learn developer strategies Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson & Lucent use to deliver higher performing products faster, at low TCO. http://www.sleepycat.com/telcomwpreg.php?From=osdnemail3 -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
