Hubert Figuiere wrote:
Not that I advocate to put video drivers in the kernel
Framebuffer drivers are, what's more interesting is why aren't these
drivers used more for display stuff? Aren't framebuffers well suited or
what?
O. Wyss
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On 2005-12-14, Paul Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 07:53 +, Tuomo Valkonen wrote:
>> Combine this with the increasing BSOD-type behaviour of the kernel after
>> 2.2 (
On 2005-12-14, Hubert Figuiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not that I advocate to put video drivers in the kernel
The kernel should include whatever is required to reliably switch video
modes, or, to otherwise reset things so that virtual consoles can be
switched without relying on the hung X
On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 07:53 +, Tuomo Valkonen wrote:
> Combine this with the increasing BSOD-type behaviour of the kernel after
> 2.2 (much of which may be related to the pursuit of "desktop performance"
> which, of course, includes BSOD emulation), and still after 15 or so years,
> not having
On 14/12/05 02:53 am, Tuomo Valkonen wrote:
> and still after 15 or so years,
> not having display drivers in the kernel, thus allowing X to put the
> system in a state where it only responds to the reset button from the
> console.
Shall I mention that the last time my PowerBook have had a kernel
On 2005-12-14, Havoc Pennington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If I don't like a neighborhood, the logical thing is that I don't decide
> to live there. Some people would probably start flaming the existing
> residents until they changed the neighborhood, but it's weird to do
> that, at least where I
On 2005-12-14, Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> Having strict UI rules ("The HID says so-and-so") that are really a
>> religion that you're not allowed to question. The whole notion that things
>> are supposed to be done just one way is antithetical to what makes open
>> source succes
