From: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 15:30:38 +0100 (CET)

Re: LibGGI on Frame Buffer (Permedia 2)

On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Marcus Sundberg wrote:
> Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > > I have a Permedia2 board, so I can test/code that. Where is the driver ?
> > > > Anything I have to take care about ?
> > > >
> > > It comes with the 2.2.1 kernels.
> > 
> > Which is of course not up-to-date thanks to the `we fix bugs only, and we
> > define unilaterally what's a bug and what not'-policy.
> 
> Considering how hard it seems to be getting updates into the Linux 
> kernel I don't understand why people want their fbdev drivers in
> the kernel. Wouldn't it be better to have all fbdev drivers distributed
> separately, and made available from a central place - one where they
> can be updated as necessary?

Because we want to have _usable_ kernels on our systems? We don't have a
fallback called VGA text 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