On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 08:26:44AM +0000, Bastien Nocera wrote: > Sven LUTHER wrote: > > > > On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 09:49:14PM +0000, Bastien Nocera wrote: > > > Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > > > > > Bastien Nocera wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'd know a way... the same way that the fbdev drivers use. > > > > > cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep machine to see what i mean > > > > > > > > I see. Unfortunately, this has the same 'problems' as the fbdev approach > > > > (Linux only, /proc must be mounted, ...) > > > > > > Well, how does the kernel do ? Just do the same in XFree... > > > > Xfree86 has to run on a wide varietyy of Oses, some you even never heard of > > maybe, so you cannot just assume you are using linux. > > If you were to snip the text well, you wouldn't have had to write this > email, and me to answer it. > I also said "It wouldn't need /proc and would work on all the PowerMac > Unices."
Sure, but it wouldn't be accepted well upstream, they even have problems with fbdev these days, ... Friendly, Sven Luther
