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SubjectRe: Typo in kernel configuration (xconfig)
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Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk> writes:

> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004, Danny Beaudoin wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>> If I'm not at the right place, please forward this to the right person.
>>
>> In Device Drivers/Graphics Support/Support for frame buffer devices:
>> "On several non-X86 architectures, the frame buffer device is the
>> only way to use the graphics hardware."
>>
>> This should be 'x86' instead, as in the rest of the description.
>>
> I don't think you are right. On x86 the framebuffer is not your only
> option, and on some non-x86 archs (like alpha for instance - at least
> this used to be the case when last I had an alpha box), fb is the
> only option.

My Alphas all have VGA graphics, with the standard text modes
available. Some of the older models may have had other types of
graphics.

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Måns Rullgård
mru@inprovide.com

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