Hello,

>      m> Well, we can - when we have a chip-specific driver. Only then.
> 
> I thought basically all chips support a linear aperture and one of a
> handful of color plane arrangements.  If the kernel driver is merely
> being told about mode changes rather than asked to perform the mode
> changes itself, what action does the kernel driver need to perform
> that's chip-specific?

The remark above was about the driver figuring out what XFree ( or
anything else ) set up in case of a panic, which does require hardware
knowledge. Adding a way for X to tell us what it did is a different
story.

have fun
Michael