On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 08:36:14PM -0600, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > In trying to optimize my Voodoo 3500 with mplayer I compiled my kernel > 2.4.17 with framebuffer support. Is this necessary, or what advantages > do framebuffers have? In the docs it seems that fb's simply allow for > similar config's on different architechures. Therefore, if one is > running an Intel machine then it doesn't seem like framebuffers have > any added advantage. Is this correct?
Here is a quote from Linus himself on this issue: "No sane person should use frame buffers if they have the choice." http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0112.3/1199.html John
