Kernel mode-setting and PCI video on MIPS?

[sknauert@wesleyan.edu]

I saw some of the recent work in trying to get graphics setup out of the X
server and into the kernel. I was wondering if that work (which is planned
for 2.6.26) would mean that any card with a supported kernel part could
then be used by an X server that supported the new kernel API.

Also, since this mode-setting directly addresses the hardware and does not
rely on BIOS, if this means it would effectively be cross-platform (or at
least easily portable).