From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <09544819dcab84e23d48f6bd0eed24ec@plan9.bell-labs.com> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:02:02 +0100 Message-ID: <8ccc8ba41001271102w336abca9w3416e97ecb9e2f30@mail.gmail.com> From: Francisco J Ballesteros To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] vgaradeon (was Re: Problem of last update?) Topicbox-Message-UUID: c8b6dd42-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 In parallels I have 1920x... using the vesa driver. On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 7:09 PM, erik quanstrom wrote= : >> My long-term goal is to eliminate all the vga drivers but vgavesa, >> which make up about 10% of the pc kernel port by line count. =C2=A0This = may >> not be possible due to currently-working graphics cards with broken >> vesa bioses nor desirable because the native drivers are vastly faster >> than the vesa driver (though I think we're closing that gap), but it's >> worth attempting. =C2=A0I've used the vesa driver on my usual plan 9 >> terminals and it's hard to see a difference in performance compared >> with the native vga drivers. > > this is a great goal. > > unfortunately, some of the machines i happen to have > have awful performance with the vesa driver. =C2=A0in particular, > a scrolling window on my amd sb600 machine will essentially > lock up the machine. =C2=A0you can't use the mouse to kill the > window. =C2=A0:-(. =C2=A0the nvidia driver (for different hardware > in the same machine) performs much better with a bargin > bin card. > > also, is it possible to support resolutions greater than > 1600x1200x16 with vesa? > > - erik > >