On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:15:02 -0500, David L. Craig wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 09:44:55AM -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: > > According to Ron Lee, Debian package maintainer for the > > svgatextmode package, recent Linux kernels have taken over direct > > control of the video hardware, and recent releases of X now make > > system calls to the kernel to change video modes. He refers to > > it as "Kernel Modesetting Stuff" (KMS). > > Thank for that information. I must be missing a crucial list > subscription as I haven't heard any of this.
A Google search of the internet using the keywords linux kernel KMS produced about 136,000 hits; so it's not a secret. But I hadn't heard about it either until I found out from Ron. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
