On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 15:12 -0500, Peter Harris wrote: > David Gerard wrote: > > 2008/12/9 Adam Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> 1) vm86 mode is an x86ism. It doesn't work in long mode, and almost > >> certainly never will. 64-bit desktops are an increasingly large > >> percentage of the world. It's worth having only one set of bugs, for > >> the same reason we don't ship cfb anymore. > > > > > > Quick off-topic historical question - what is/was cfb? > > The precursor to fb (along with mfb).
... which are, themselves, the code that implements software rendering for core X (and if you're fb, Render too). - ajax
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