Re: What are framebuffer devices good for?
On Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 02:27:03PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Sun, Jul 07, 2002, Balazs Javor (jb3@freemail.hu) wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm been reading through some howto's and came across the framebuffer one.
> > It mentions that using framebuffer drivers are a Goof Thing, but
> > it does not really go into details on why. (Except for the Tux logo at startup :)
> >
> > So is there a real advantage on switching to these devices on an allready
> > working systam?
>
> Little.
If you are in 8-bit font world :)
> However for tools such as bootable GNU/Linux distributions (e.g.:
> LNX-BBC or Knoppix -- http://www.lnx-bbc.org/ www.knopper.net/knoppix/),
> having a known, minimum-standards, video mode, is a useful feature.
>
> Point: if you've got native support, use it. If you need something and
> you don't know what you've got, FB is there.
New bf-2.4 uses fb device as boot screen. Now you can see some Japanese
characters.
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