Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268464AbUJTRIJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:08:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268582AbUJTRGw (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:06:52 -0400 Received: from chiark.greenend.org.uk ([193.201.200.170]:23979 "EHLO chiark.greenend.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268464AbUJTQ6j (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:58:39 -0400 To: Tomas Carnecky Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: my opinion about VGA devices In-Reply-To: <41767DB4.9040008@dbservice.com> References: <417590F3.1070807@dbservice.com> <200410201318.26430.oliver@neukum.org> <41765A8C.2020309@dbservice.com> <417672BF.5040708@dbservice.com> <41767DB4.9040008@dbservice.com> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 17:58:38 +0100 Message-Id: From: Matthew Garrett Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 759 Lines: 17 Tomas Carnecky wrote: > Well... that's why I don't understand why we should keep the VGA code in > the kernel. It's very unlikely that the kernel crashes before a graphics > driver can be initialized (if you do this as soon as possible) unless > you have a bad CPU etc. At the moment, it /is/ quite likely that the kernel crashes before a graphics driver can be initialised if you're trying to resume from ACPI S3. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59-chiark.mail.linux-rutgers.kernel@srcf.ucam.org - 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/