Daniel Phillips wrote:
The only interesting part is the text mode initialization. Nothing
beyond 80x25 monochrome text is required, and that's just for
convenience so you don't need a custom kernel to boot. Personally, I
don't think it's worth supporting VESA modes at all. Since the card
specs are open, VESA support is pointless. This makes the bios code
very short and sweet. Only a fraction of Int15 has to be supported on
the PC. Other arches should be a piece of cake.
Int15 being partially supported is fine, but again, that is for x86. What
I think I am hearing is that since this card is completely open, nothing
special has to be done for other architectures since we will be provided
with all of the necessary initialization sequences. If that is the case,
then as long as this card adheres to the PCI standard well, architectures
other than x86 should be fine.
-Steve
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