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How does the development version differ from the stable release?

April 26, 2017Development differ release STABLE version

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How does the development version differ from the stable release?

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(taken directly from the maintainers svgalib page at http://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~zivav/svgalib/) This pre-release includes changes to the S3 driver to support linear modes on Trio64 cards. This version contains a start of support for using a vga card that is not using IO at 0x3c0-0x3df This pre-release can compile with gcc-2.95, and works on a vga card, when the console is on a non-vga card (e.g. an mda). Changes from 1.4.0 include: SiS driver Banshee driver nv driver supports TNT i740 driver changes in signal handling. GTF (modeline calculation formula) is included, both as a standalone program, and as part of timing.c My aim for 1.4.1 (and the 1.4.x series in general), is support for more video cards, as well as secondary adapter support. The novccontrol option that was added in 1.4.0 and the signal handling changes are geared toward the second adapter support. The signal handling should also facilitate the use of pthreads and svgalib in the same program. Last update 13 November 1999.