From: "Måns Rullgård" <mru@inprovide.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Typo in kernel configuration (xconfig)
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 01:50:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yw1xacsjm36x.fsf@ford.inprovide.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.61.0412130114510.3369@dragon.hygekrogen.localhost
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.
--
Måns Rullgård
mru@inprovide.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-12-13 0:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-12-12 22:53 Typo in kernel configuration (xconfig) Danny Beaudoin
2004-12-12 22:59 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-12-13 0:17 ` Jesper Juhl
2004-12-13 0:17 ` Espen Fjellvær Olsen
2004-12-13 0:31 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-12-13 0:50 ` Måns Rullgård [this message]
2004-12-13 8:26 ` Jan Engelhardt
2004-12-13 18:10 ` Matan Peled
2004-12-13 18:17 ` Jan Engelhardt
2004-12-13 20:05 ` [PATCH] " Jesper Juhl
2004-12-13 20:57 ` Jan Engelhardt
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