From: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 13:32:35 +0200 (CEST)

Re: kgicon FAQ

On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Marcus Sundberg wrote:
> > > 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...

Wrong. Vesafb doesn't call any 16 bit code. The video code is setup by video.S,
i.e. before Linux boots. After that you can no longer change the video mode.

Greetings,

						Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium