linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.23-rc7 + radeonfb/s2ram

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Date:	Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:31:33 +0200
From:	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>
To:	Mihai Dontu <mihai.dontu@...il.com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc7 + radeonfb/s2ram

* Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:22:28 +0300
* Organization: Home

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>> > 
>> >   So there, if one wants "ATI Radeon display support" on Radeon XPRESS 200M with
>> >   X using radeon_drv.so, *should* put "Framebuffer Console support" to N (if it's
>> >   not already).
[]
>   Bottom line: no radeonfb for me :( at least, not now; but I have to be honest with
>   you: I don't see what commit dd1447134454b169d5ae353aceb93f2368db8547 brought new
>   into the picture. The previous radeonfb worked just great, but then, again, maybe I'm
>   not using the console at it's full power :)

In fact, it's known statement, that there must only one hardware driver
for graphic adapter. Be it framebuffer with X fb driver on it or legacy
VGA text and X with its driver.so and 3D stuff.

(i choose legacy text without X for the most of my time, though :)
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