Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Feb 1999 09:13:04 -0500 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: fb with S3 Verge |
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Keith Duthie wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Brian Gerst wrote: > > > That depends on the BIOS more than the chipset. When I had a Virge, I > > had to load a DOS TSR to get VBE2.0 compatability. This could work with > > Linux as well, using loadlin. The only thing that doesn't work is the > > limited protected mode functionality of VBE2.0, since the TSR is > > overwritten after bootup. > Not exactly a real solution. Perhaps something should be done to give > pseudo-VBE2.0 functionality to VBE1.2 boards on boot. ie something to muck > about with the video card before the kernel loads. OTOH, this would > probably not be a kernel-space issue. (IOW, it could be done either as a > separate utility, or as an add-on to lilo).
The problem with that IIRC is that VBE1.2 doesn't support linear framebuffers, only banked modes. This means real-mode BIOS calls to switch banks.
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Brian Gerst
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