[Mactel-linux-devel] Enable VGA Bios on Mac Mini to use x.org native i810 driver instead of framebuffer
Thomas Glanzmann
sithglan at stud.uni-erlangen.de
Sun Mar 19 13:34:20 PST 2006
Hello,
> The code described enables legacy VGA address decoding, but doesn't
> provide any VBE functionality. I'd be surprised if Apple actually
> shipped a legacy video BIOS in their hardware, and I've certainly found
> no sign of one. The Windows drivers probably work by driving the
> hardware directly - Dave Airlie is working on providing some of the same
> functionality in Xorg.
thanks. I think, that I will stay with the fbdev for now. Could you give
me or the mactel list a Heads-Up when there is something that I can give
a try?
Sincerely,
Thomas
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