Subject: Re: Why not track our xsrc with X11R6.6 from From:
Andrew van der Stock <> List: current-users Date: 07/19/2001
08:36:43  The only bit of code that is relatively awful as it
relates to IBM's original decisions in 1980 or thereabouts is
the bit that takes a card from being mapped as a "VGA" card via
I/O ports to being accessible via full linear memory mapping. To
get it from one to the other is the work of about 10-50 lines of
code depending on the card and the system (for example, on ppc
it is already pretty much ready). This code is executed once.
And after that, it's all good. If you use option "noaccel",
those 10-25 lines of code do their work, and there's a linear
framebuffer for the (mostly) software routines to use. That's
not pc-centric design, it's how device drivers work. And the
entire architecture outside of that init section (which btw,
your Sun fb also executes) cannot be accused of being PC-
centric. It's the proper evolution of the old server
architecture, to be more streamlined, more m