This guide aims to provide users with information on how to install, set up and use the latest Intel(R) 810 and 815 Framebuffer driver, which as of this writing is i810fb-0.0.23.
Copyright (c) 2002 Tony Daplas. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
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Geert Uytterhoeven for his excellent How-To and for the virtual framebuffer driver code
Jeff Hartmann for his kernel agpgart code
Intel(R) for providing us with this value-oriented chipset and for providing technical documentation.
Matt Sottek for his inputs and ideas which helped in making some of the optimizations possible.
Michael Vogt added support for the Intel 815 chipsets and support of secondary/external displays.
Fredrik Andersson helped alpha test the VESA GTF.