Re: Is Framebuffer needed?
On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 10:44:52AM -0500, John Kuhn wrote:
| On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 08:36:14PM -0600, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
| > In trying to optimize my Voodoo 3500 with mplayer I compiled my kernel
| > 2.4.17 with framebuffer support. Is this necessary, or what advantages
| > do framebuffers have? In the docs it seems that fb's simply allow for
| > similar config's on different architechures. Therefore, if one is
| > running an Intel machine then it doesn't seem like framebuffers have
| > any added advantage. Is this correct?
|
| Here is a quote from Linus himself on this issue:
|
| "No sane person should use frame buffers if they have the choice."
I'd like to know why. I'm using framebuffer on both machines I manage
and it is really nice -- no mucking with X config and awesome screen
real-estate in console mode.
-D
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