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From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: Sony Picturebook Widescreen framebuffer patch, was: Re: [gentoo-user] The Root Block Device is unspecified or not detected - PCMCIA card CD Boot on Sony Vaio
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:40:42
Message-Id: 7a751b98d92a171397ba92c2bfceb39a@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: Sony Picturebook Widescreen framebuffer patch, was: Re: [gentoo-user] The Root Block Device is unspecified or not detected - PCMCIA card CD Boot on Sony Vaio by Hans-Werner Hilse
1 On Oct 31, 2005, at 3:03 pm, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote:
2 >>
3 >> I really loved getting the widescreen framebuffer working - it was
4 >> such
5 >> a buzz, so cool. That made for the ultimate in notebook usability and
6 >> portability.
7 >
8 > I'm copying it here verbatim. It's made against a 2.6.11.n kernel and
9 > may need a little polishing for newer versions, but it follows an easy
10 > path, I've just extended the existing "special format" for toshiba's
11 > libretto series:
12
13 Oh, that's cool. I believe they stopped support for the Picturebook's
14 widescreen in the main kernel in 2.4 (around 2.4.20??) so it's good to
15 see it working with a 2.6 kernel.
16
17 Stroller.
18
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