* Ronald G Minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020305 18:55]:
> > Surely if X does it it can be done in userspace? So it isnt a Linuxbios issue.
>
> this is a good point.
>
> Here's the question though. How do I make the display usable to users who
> are loading a new system. They have a machine, with linuxbios in it, and
> it's the ugly 256KB system which means that I can't boot linux and have it
> fix the display.
And you don't want to have X overhead on any machine just to be able to
interact without serial or network interface.
> So what do we do? We need the display working.
>
> I agree too, though, that I hate the idea of adding any legacy BIOS
> nonsense in. Eric is right, at best it should be a chain-loaded ELF image.
This sounds like a good idea. Having this modularized keeps problems in
one place instead of polluting the firmware completely with old concepts.
Best regards,
Stefan Reinauer
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