From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262128AbULMAGy (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Dec 2004 19:06:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262175AbULMAGy (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Dec 2004 19:06:54 -0500 Received: from mail.dif.dk ([193.138.115.101]:14258 "EHLO mail.dif.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262128AbULMAGw (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Dec 2004 19:06:52 -0500 Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 01:17:11 +0100 (CET) From: Jesper Juhl To: Danny Beaudoin Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Typo in kernel configuration (xconfig) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. I think the text is correct as it stands. -- Jesper Juhl