patch-2.1.107 linux/Documentation/svga.txt

• Lines: 36
• Date: Wed Jun 24 14:44:00 1998
• Orig file: v2.1.106/linux/Documentation/svga.txt
• Orig date: Sun Jun 7 11:16:26 1998

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.106/linux/Documentation/svga.txt linux/Documentation/svga.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
    "0  0F00  80x25" means that the first menu item (the menu items are numbered
 from "0" to "9" and from "a" to "z") is a 80x25 mode with ID=0x0f00 (see the
-next section for a description of mode ID's).
+next section for a description of mode IDs).
 
    <flashing-cursor-here> encourages you to enter the item number or mode ID
 you wish to set and press <RETURN>. If the computer complains something about
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@
 modes are not listed at all and the modes revealed by `scan' are shown before
 all VESA modes.
 
-3. Mode ID's
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
-   Because of the complexity of all the video stuff, the video mode ID's
+3. Mode IDs
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+   Because of the complexity of all the video stuff, the video mode IDs
 used here are also a bit complex. A video mode ID is a 16-bit number usually
 expressed in a hexadecimal notation (starting with "0x"). You can set a mode
 by entering its mode directly if you know it even if it isn't shown on the menu.
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
 2.2 (01-Feb-96)	EGA 80x43 fixed. VESA extended to 0x200-0x4ff (non-standard 02XX
 		VESA modes work now). Display end bug workaround supported.
 		Special modes renumbered to allow adding of the "recalculate"
-		flag, 0xffff and 0xfffe became aliases instead of real ID's.
+		flag, 0xffff and 0xfffe became aliases instead of real IDs.
 		Screen contents retained during mode changes.
 2.3 (15-Mar-96)	Changed to work with 1.3.74 kernel.
 2.4 (18-Mar-96)	Added patches by Hans Lermen fixing a memory overwrite problem
@@ -267,3 +267,4 @@
 		  offered explicitly on the prompt line.
 		- Removed the doc section describing adding of new probing
 		  functions as I try to get rid of _all_ hardware probing here.
+2.12 (25-May-98)- Added support for VESA frame buffer graphics.