[Savage40] Savage Frame Buffer

[Sven Neumann]

Hi,

Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> writes:

> What's the point?  The VESA frame buffer driver works with the
> Savages.  The frame buffer interface doesn't offer any services for
> which a hardware-aware driver is particularly helpful.

Hardware-acclerated fills and screen-to-screen blits are very useful
on the console and the VESA frame buffer driver cannot offer that.
It also doesn't allow mode switching.


Sven