From: Andrew Apted <ajapted@netspace.net.au>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 13:11:51 +1000

Re: More progress with kgicon

Brian writes:

>  Also note that mode.fb although defined as a mem_vaddr is actually
>  given a mem_paddr by the vga driver and lots of others.

Grrr.  IMHO that is a bug that should be squashed.

>  Finally, don't expect banked modes to map through to /dev/fb*.  fbcon
>  kernels may lack an equivalent to fast_remap_page IINM; haven't looked tho.

Yeah fbcon doesn't support banked modes (neither through emulating a
linear buffer, or even providing the mechanism to change banks).

>  The vgafb is doing something to the font plane locations or
>  memory address translation circuitry such that setfont doesn't work; 

Vgafb doesn't have any code for programming fonts.

Cheers,
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