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Date:      Sun, 29 Dec 2002 16:34:05 +0100
From:      Marcin Dalecki <mdcki@gmx.net>
To:        Hiten Pandya <hiten@unixdaemons.com>
Cc:        "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@yahoo.com>, Emiel Kollof <coolvibe@hackerheaven.org>, Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Framebuffer howto?
Message-ID:  <3E0F15ED.9070301@gmx.net>
References:  <3E0F032F.7020702@unixdaemons.com>

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Hiten Pandya wrote:
> --- "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@yahoo.com> wrote:
>  > Actually I suggested on private email to use GGI. GGI
>  > can work on top of VGL or Linux's framebuffer, and
>  > when KGI becomes available it will work fine.
> 
> Hmm, someone said earlier on in this thread, that FreeBSD does not have 
> a framebuffer device; if so:
> 
>     1) What is the FB_INSTALL_CDEV kernel option for?
>     2) What is the purpose of <sys/fbio.h>?
> 
> Clarification will be appreciated.
> Cheers.

Well as far as I can see the text console is considered
as kind of a frame buffer. Surely not what quite what
you are looking for.


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