Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266511AbUJONvZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2004 09:51:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267798AbUJONuA (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2004 09:50:00 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:8911 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267777AbUJONsB (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2004 09:48:01 -0400 Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Generic VESA framebuffer driver and Video card BOOT? From: Alan Cox To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Linux Frame Buffer Device Development , Linux Kernel Development , penguinppc-team@lists.penguinppc.org In-Reply-To: References: <416E6ADC.3007.294DF20D@localhost> <87d5zkqj8h.fsf@bytesex.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1097844301.9863.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:45:10 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 724 Lines: 16 On Gwe, 2004-10-15 at 13:38, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Why not? Of course you won't get any output before the graphics card has been > re-initialized to a sane and usable state... That will depend on the system. The AMD64 boxes I have all allow the bios to post the video card on S3 resume. For a lot of other stuff we can run the bios directly on the resume path without emulation (or for intel call the video restore bios int). For the rest this could be a useful weapon. - 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/