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VESA Framebuffer console in NetBSD
On platforms that have VGA cards, NetBSD uses the text mode
of those graphics cards to display the console. Which has its
limitations, e.g. when it comes to non-ASCII characters
(see also: uwscons).
Jared McNeill has noticed that a skeleton VESA driver already existed
in the NetBSD tree, but unfortunately it didn't do much. So he decided to add
wsdisplay support so he could have a higher resolution console on his
laptop. See his page on
VESA Framebuffer console in NetBSD
for more information!
[Tags: console, vesa, wscons]
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