[haiku-commits] Re: r34206 - in haiku/trunk: headers/private/kernel src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/graphics/vesa src/system/kernel/debug

  • From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:00:41 +0100

Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2009-11-24 at 16:26:52 [+0100], axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > * This allows us to map the whole frame buffer at once, which means 
> > there 
> > is no need anymore to remap the memory on mode change.
> I'm not particularly familiar with graphics cards. Does frame buffer 
> mean the 
> whole graphics memory or only a part? I'm asking because there are 
> cards with 
> 2 GB of memory, which the driver won't be able to map.

That will be a problem indeed, thanks for the heads up. I'm going to 
introduce an upper limit of 256 MB.

Bye,
   Axel.


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