From: Marcus Sundberg <e94_msu@elixir.e.kth.se>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 13:52:13 +0200

Re: kgicon FAQ

> > 2. What can kgicon do that vesafb cannot?
> > 
> > * Work on older hardware that does not support VESA 2.0. 
> > 
> > * Load as a module.  vesafb must be compiled into the kernel.
> 
> Can't be difficult to change. Just add init_module() etc. functions.

Well, vesafb currently needs to run in real mode to set the mode,
so making it a module would also need messing with the vm86*
functions of Linux...

//Marcus