xserver: Branch 'master'

Peter Harris peter.harris at hummingbird.com
Tue Dec 9 12:12:13 PST 2008


David Gerard wrote:
> 2008/12/9 Adam Jackson <ajax at nwnk.net>:
> 
>> 1) vm86 mode is an x86ism.  It doesn't work in long mode, and almost
>> certainly never will.  64-bit desktops are an increasingly large
>> percentage of the world.  It's worth having only one set of bugs, for
>> the same reason we don't ship cfb anymore.
> 
> 
> Quick off-topic historical question - what is/was cfb?

The precursor to fb (along with mfb).

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