On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 10:31:18PM +0100, Matthew M wrote: > On Saturday 18 May 2002 10:20 pm, Josip Rodin wrote: > > Last I checked, using framebuffer meant using that hideous 80x50 mode or > > what was it. I guess that could be adjusted, though. In addition to that, > > switching consoles and scrolling was noticeably slower, and the screen had > > a tendency to flicker. > > > > So, let's have framebuffer first fixed, and then think about replacing > > svgalib with it? :) Easier to replace svgalib with the SDL, or some other middle-end library. > Framebuffer==kernel-space. SVGALIB==user-space. So some people would probably > say we should be moving from framebuffer to SVGALIB :D svgalib is effective-root-space, I wouldn't call it "userspace". SDL is userspace. Direct use of the framebuffer would be as bad an idea as svgalib, IMO. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK
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