Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965239AbWHOGxE (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:53:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965251AbWHOGxE (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:53:04 -0400 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:1206 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965239AbWHOGxB (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:53:01 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:52:11 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: "Antonino A. Daplas" cc: James C Georgas , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: vga text console In-Reply-To: <1155622311.3854.1.camel@daplas.org> Message-ID: References: <1155604313.8131.4.camel@Rainsong> <1155604928.3948.8.camel@daplas.org> <1155605197.3948.10.camel@daplas.org> <1155606109.8131.13.camel@Rainsong> <1155606849.3948.17.camel@daplas.org> <1155607768.8131.22.camel@Rainsong> <1155622311.3854.1.camel@daplas.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 706 Lines: 19 >> I'm kind of surprised that the VGA console can't be built as a module, >> like the other console drivers in the kernel can be. Is this on purpose, >> or is it just that nobody has gotten around to it? > >It's possible to make vgacon modular, the changes required will be >minimal. It would seem that nobody ever had a need for it, so that was >never done. Maybe someday this will happen automagically when VGA/FB switching is finished. Jan Engelhardt -- - 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/