From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] What a poor VGA support !
In-Reply-To: <3D08DC19.9731EF3E@null.net>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0206140840410.29732-100000@snaresland.acl.lanl.gov>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 08:41:31 -0600
Topicbox-Message-UUID: ad9418e6-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025

On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Douglas A. Gwyn wrote:

> I will say, though, that Plan 9 would be a lot more widely useful
> if it contained a "generic" VESA driver in order to support new
> video cards as soon as they appear.  Xfree86 has one that perhaps
> could serve as the starting point for a Plan 9 driver.


you're right. I probably should not have blown up quite so spectacularly
...

Plan 9 needs a lot of things, I just wish we all had time to do them!

ron