From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Aug 17 16:25:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA03028 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 17 Aug 1997 16:25:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA03018 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 1997 16:24:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id IAA07953; Mon, 18 Aug 1997 08:52:27 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199708172322.IAA07953@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: reset screen hardware? In-Reply-To: <199708171933.MAA07196@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Aug 17, 97 12:33:21 pm" To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 08:52:27 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, grog@lemis.com, sos@sos.freebsd.dk, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > > 3. How to we implement it? Ah, there's the rub. I still think it > > > belongs in the probe routines when the system starts up, but on > > > the other hand I agree with S=F8ren that kernel bloat is Bad. > > > > Call the BIOS on the video card. See above. > > This won't necessarily result in the card going from some arbitrary > state to some known state, unless the BIOS was used to get the card > into that state in the first place. Heh. Unless you call the reset entry vector. 8) > If a BIOS-based approach is used, it will seriously limit the > available modes for normal console operation and for X servers; > this is probably an unacceptable consequence. I don't think that any solution that made this imposition would be acceptable, although many Linuxers have lived with it for years. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[