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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707181946390.7311@matan.home>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:59:47 +0300 (IDT)
From: Matan Ziv-Av <matan@...alib.org>
To: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@...il.com>
cc: Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: VESAFB CUSTOM RESOLUTION
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
> So, one cannot just set any mode, unless that mode is already defined in
> the BIOS mode table. In VBE 3.0, you might be able to choose an
> arbitrary vertical refresh rate, but that's the best mode tuning you can
> do with the video BIOS.
Theoretically, not correct. VBE 3.0 allows arbitrary mode setting - not
only vertical refresh, but all mode parameters (the ones appearing in X
modelines). This is supported by both svgalib and uvesafb. I don't know
on how many VBE3 cards this feature really works, but it does work for
some cards.
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Matan Ziv-Av. matan@...alib.org
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