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2*4882a593SmuzhiyunThis is a submodule to access linux framebuffer devices.
3*4882a593SmuzhiyunIt is supported to work as helper module (like vgahw)
4*4882a593Smuzhiyunfor the chipset drivers.  There are functions for
5*4882a593Smuzhiyunsaving/restoring/setting video modes, set palette entries,
6*4882a593Smuzhiyunand a few more helper functions.  Some of them can be
7*4882a593Smuzhiyunhooked directly into ScrnInfoRec.
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9*4882a593SmuzhiyunIn ../drivers/fbdev is a "chipset" driver.  It is a simple,
10*4882a593Smuzhiyunnon-accelerated and hardware-independent driver which works
11*4882a593Smuzhiyunon top of this fbdevhw submodule.
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13*4882a593Smuzhiyun  Gerd
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15*4882a593Smuzhiyun--
16*4882a593SmuzhiyunGerd Knorr <kraxel@goldbach.in-berlin.de>
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