Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932225AbVIEP6W (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Sep 2005 11:58:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932223AbVIEP6W (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Sep 2005 11:58:22 -0400 Received: from chiark.greenend.org.uk ([193.201.200.170]:22720 "EHLO chiark.greenend.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932225AbVIEP6W (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Sep 2005 11:58:22 -0400 To: gl@dsa-ac.de Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: who sets boot_params[].screen_info.orig_video_isVGA? In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 16:58:21 +0100 Message-Id: From: Matthew Garrett Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 940 Lines: 19 gl@dsa-ac.de wrote: > Do I get it right, that, say, if I tell grub to load a kernel and specify > "vga=xxx" on the kernel command line, grub will interpret it, issue some > VESA BIOS calls and fill in the screen_info struct? If so, the card often > supports several modes (VGA, SVGA, VESA, different resolutions, colour > depths, etc.), right? So, which one will be chosen? Does it depend on the > specific value I give to "vga="? How do I force VIDEO_TYPE_VLFB (VESA VGA > in graphic mode) mopde then? Yup. You probably want to take a look at Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt - the modes are the same. -- 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/