From: Marcus Sundberg <mackan@stacken.kth.se>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 21:40:57 +0000

Re: [linux-fbdev] Accel or not accel in kernel! (fwd)

James Simmons wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Marcus Sundberg wrote:
> 
> > > I use something similar to make sure you can only open the fb
> > > device that the VC your currently.
> >
> > Looks like a bug to me. What about multihead?
> 
> Yes its a big bug. With the current fbdev you can switch the modes for a
> framebuffer device thats not mapped to the current VC you are on. This
> should not be.

I meant that _not_ being able to do that was a bug. ;)
With the current singleheaded Linux console system, what you describe
above would make multihead impossible, or did I miss something here?

//Marcus
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