[SPARCbook] What software improvments?

[Mat Maessen]

There is a driver in the 2.4 linux kernels for the Weitek P9100 framebuffer.
Not sure how complete it is, since I haven't had a chance to play w/ it, 
but it's there.

-Mat

David Cantrell wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 11:46:36AM -0400, Thomas Roehr wrote:
> 
> 
>>When you say better console support, do you mean better then the CG3 hack that
>>is currently used, i.e. take advantage of the p9100 acceleration chip?
> 
> 
> I don't know.  What I do know, however, is that Linux on my Sparcbook uses
> the PROM-style console, not the framebuffer console that it does on any
> other Sun-a-like, and that this is unbearably slow.
> 
> Maybe there's a driver in later versions, I'm still using 2.2.18.