From: Tristan Wibberley <bloater@ps.cus.umist.ac.uk>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 11:07:52 +0000 (GMT)

Re: LibGGI on Frame Buffer (Permedia 2)

On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Marcus Sundberg wrote:

> Tristan Wibberley wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Mike McQuade wrote:
> > 
> > > does LibGGI need a liner fb (VesaFB) ?
> > 
> > Yes, though it will emulate one if the target doesn't have one.
> 
> No, LibGGI does not require a linear framebuffer, but the fbdev
> target does. And no, LibGGI will not emulate linear framebuffers,
> except in some very special cases.

Oh, good. I had originally thought this was the case, but someone made me
think otherwise, somewhere along the line.

--
Tristan