From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <6086b2a9e69f58c793b7f861fbf2c186@caldo.demon.co.uk> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] ati radeon support From: Charles Forsyth In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 00:41:32 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5d5991ba-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 >>for performance, i think it depends how [software cursor] is done. which doesn't mean that i prefer it to using a hardware cursor, which can do more with less overhead and disturbance. i don't really understand why graphics adapter makers can apparently agree to change anything except the hopelessly obsolete VGA interface. soon you'll need to visit three registers to collect enough bits for screen width. i don't mind if there's a standard bit Think= 1<<0, /* acquire a brain */ in a standard place that must be set to enable a more reasonable interface for current and future displays and otherwise it defaults to 1983 say.