[interfacekit] Re: App Server Startup procedures and question


> > as for everything else, it sounds right to me.  also dont know if you
> > thought about this but once it finds the non-vesa driver that works, it
> > should call B_OPEN_GRAPHICS_CARD on that driver on the next bootup.
>
> I see what you're trying to do with this, but I don't think it's
> strictly necessary (the process of loading an addon, checking to see if
> it works and unloading it is very fast), and makes it less easy for the
> system to magically "discover" that you've replaced your video card.
> This is of the things I absolutely love about BeOS -- swap out hardware,
> and if there's a driver for it, it just works when you reboot. =)
>
yeah this was purely forward looking once openbeos comes with around 100
video drivers so hehe.

-yt

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