From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754594Ab1ACTmb (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2011 14:42:31 -0500 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:50687 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752229Ab1ACTma (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2011 14:42:30 -0500 Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 11:43:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20110103.114301.102556157.davem@davemloft.net> To: alex.buell@munted.org.uk Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Using s3virge card in Sun Blade 2000 From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1294083541.17576.11.camel@lithium> References: <1294072336.17576.7.camel@lithium> <20110103.105827.112602895.davem@davemloft.net> <1294083541.17576.11.camel@lithium> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.3 on Emacs 23.1 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Alex Buell Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:39:01 +0000 > Secondly, is Linux fully capable of handling different graphic cards > simultaneously? For example, plug in a pair of monitors and have > consoles on both with disparate graphic cards i.e. XVR-500 and S3ViRGE > etc? Technically I don't think it can do it currently. Maybe just for kernel message logging, but not for actual login consoles. One TTY device is marked as the "console" and that's where all tty[0-9]+ devices get instantiated upon.