linux-kernel - Re: arch/i386/boot rewrite, and all the hard-coded video cards

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Message-ID: <20070501025929.GK26601@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:59:29 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Subject: Re: arch/i386/boot rewrite, and all the hard-coded video cards

On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 07:43:54PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

 > Doubtful. The Tseng ET4000 cards may have been the gold standard in 1991, 
 > but I don't think most people even _remember_ them.

heh. it was only recently I gave away a _dual head_ pci et4000.
One of our X guys grabbed it because it was so... obscure.

With any luck he'll never plug it in.

	Dave

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