Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271586AbVBEPuO (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:50:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264010AbVBEPuO (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:50:14 -0500 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.198]:30588 "EHLO rproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271586AbVBEPt6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:49:58 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=G1/RrbigcwDJkZmuNDEfQICJHB3XgutEwyMVNIp2aP+PWhIKNGloCFhE1BE04+ATpon0OWLg+PnIM+UofwZsH6P3CvnWPAexEvFFj/3csoNCoqWBPVHmiaesbd+e+mp09pRMARUQUOvGyLadxMH6pK/f8PG5eQm1Wc1+ugnvhDA= Message-ID: <9e47339105020507494846bc4d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:49:52 -0500 From: Jon Smirl Reply-To: Jon Smirl To: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: [RFC] Reliable video POSTing on resume Cc: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger , ncunningham@linuxmail.org, ACPI List , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Matthew Garrett In-Reply-To: <20050205093740.GD1158@elf.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <4202A972.1070003@gmx.net> <20050203225410.GB1110@elf.ucw.cz> <1107474198.5727.9.camel@desktop.cunninghams> <4202DF7B.2000506@gmx.net> <9e47339105020321031ccaabb@mail.gmail.com> <420367CF.7060206@gmx.net> <20050204163019.GC1290@elf.ucw.cz> <9e4733910502040931955f5a6@mail.gmail.com> <20050205093740.GD1158@elf.ucw.cz> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1050 Lines: 24 On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:37:40 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > I do not understand how initramfs fits into picture... Plus lot of > > > people (me :-) do not use initramfs... > > > > The final fix for this will include the video reset app on initramfs. > > I already have code in the kernel for telling the primary video card > > from secondary ones. When the kernel is initially booting and finds > > Is initramfs preserved when system is running? I was under impression > that it is freed when we mount real / fs. It doesn't matter if it is mounted or unmounted. The reset program is just an app and another copy can live in /sbin. It's only on initrams so that it can initial the video during early boot allowing you to see error messages at that stage. -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com - 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/