Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S273004AbTHKSiJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:38:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S273002AbTHKShE (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:37:04 -0400 Received: from sweetums.bluetronic.net ([24.199.150.42]:34945 "EHLO sweetums.bluetronic.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272956AbTHKSfy (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:35:54 -0400 Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:33:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Ricky Beam To: Herbert =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=F6tzl?= cc: Linux Kernel Mail List Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test3 VGA console inevitable? In-Reply-To: <20030809154340.GB5396@www.13thfloor.at> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 709 Lines: 21 On Sat, 9 Aug 2003, Herbert [iso-8859-1] P?tzl wrote: >ahh got it, one has to select > -> Remove kernel features (for embedded systems) > >then VT/VGA_CONSOLE can be removed ... Yes, that is an "idiot proofing" change for 2.6 so people don't accidentally turn off the video and keyboard -- as will happen if a 2.4 .config is used in 2.6. (It took me a minute to realize why the options for turning off input weren't avaliable... on sparc64 no less.) --Ricky - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/