From: James Simmons <jsimmons@edgeglobal.com>
  To  : Bob Barry <bobb@adsme.co.za>
  Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 15:11:04 -0400 (EDT)

Re: Multiple ATI Video Cards

Their was a a recent patch on teh fbdev list but it didn't really solve
the problem with mutliheadedness. Me and Mares are working on it this
weekend. I hope to get something functional in the next few weeks. It will
be part of kernel 2.3.x. In fact the newset version of the input drivers
have a quick fix for multiheadeness. It still needs work. The problem is
teh console code isnt designed for multiheadedness. 

On Fri, 14 May 1999, Bob Barry wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Apr 1999,  you wrote (to Steffan Seeger):
> 
> > fbdev handles multiple displays very poorly currently--trying to change
> > the mode or perform other operations on secondary framebuffers actually
> > end up getting performed on the primary framebuffer. 
> 
> I've been battling to get multiple ATI fbdev displays running, and have been
> looking for the problem in kernel device driver code.  Do you have any details
> of the malfunction, or suggestions on resolving it?
> 
> Bob Barry
>