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From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] ati radeon support
Date: Fri,  3 Oct 2003 08:43:43 +0000
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mirtchov@cpsc.ucalgary.ca wrote:
> nobody cared enough to write it, though it has been discussed on the
> list many times:

Of course the ironic thing is that Plan 9 really doesn't need more
than VESA provides; all those 3D graphics features of today's cards
are being wasted under Plan 9.  A single VESA driver would have
prevented having to keep hacking drivers for each new card.