Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267866AbUJPAh0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2004 20:37:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268051AbUJPAh0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2004 20:37:26 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:57808 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267866AbUJPAhZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2004 20:37:25 -0400 Subject: Re: Generic VESA framebuffer driver and Video card BOOT? From: Alan Cox To: Kendall Bennett Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <416FEC63.2911.2A62355@localhost> References: <416FB29A.11731.1C46848@localhost> <416FEC63.2911.2A62355@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1097883268.9857.211.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 00:34:31 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 920 Lines: 24 On Gwe, 2004-10-15 at 23:27, Kendall Bennett wrote: > Right. I haven't yet figured out how to mark the code as __init so it can > get tossed out, although if we use the VESA driver after the fact you > would want to keep it around in that case. But to just boot the card and > use say the Radeon FB driver it would be nice to toss out the code. Every function that starts __init, and every data object starting __initdata gets magically blown away at the end of boot. ie int __init messy_horrible_boot_function(blah) > Also is it possible to run X on a machine that is running from a serial > console and have it start up on the graphics card at that point? I Yes - 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/