Re: [9fans] What a poor VGA support !

[Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>]

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Agnelo de la Crotche wrote:

> But , please, tell me, because I'm curious : Why is it so difficult, so
> impossible to add some kind of minimum VGA support  ?

because vga cards are a bitch, and pc compatibility is a bitch, and
because PC hardware sucks, and the vendors suck, and you can't get
information on the cards, and overall .... graphics cards are a major pain
the ass. I can state this with certainty as I'm dealing with it every day
in LinuxBIOS. Most of the people who design PC hardware should be shot.

> I 'm not a video  expert  (definitely not) but as much as I can see when
> booting Plan9  with video auto detection

look, the specs are out there just as much for you as anyone else. If you
don't have support, and you want support, write it. You can't write it
because you are not capable, don't complain here.

I hate it when people complain like this about stuff that costs them
nothing.

ron