Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 23:15:57 +0200
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Kendall Bennett <KendallB@scitechsoft.com>
Cc: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Generic VESA framebuffer driver and Video card BOOT?
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Hi!

> > In the case of something like a Mac you would want to keep the
> > display blank until the early user space code initializes the
> > display in graphics mode. Only if you get a fatal error before this
> > would you dump the info using the Open Firmware display. Same
> > strategy would apply to x86. 
> 
> True. On the Mac they use the speakers so the user knows that the machine 
> is booting. Almost immediately after hitting the power you will hear a 
> calming sound coming from the speaker, and it might be another 5 seconds 
> or so before the actual video comes up. 

Heh, I'm trying to do the some in i386 resume case... If you can call
square waves at 600Hz "calming sound" :-). Having video early would
certainly be more welcome.

								Pavel
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