Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1767158AbXEBSa2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 May 2007 14:30:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1767159AbXEBSa1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 May 2007 14:30:27 -0400 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:39697 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1767158AbXEBSaZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 May 2007 14:30:25 -0400 Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 20:22:23 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Linus Torvalds cc: Rene Herman , "H. Peter Anvin" , linux-kernel , "Eric W. Biederman" , Andi Kleen , Jeff Garzik , Jeremy Fitzhardinge Subject: Re: arch/i386/boot rewrite, and all the hard-coded video cards In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <463698D5.20102@zytor.com> <4637A3F6.70508@gmail.com> 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: 1642 Lines: 43 On May 1 2007 14:41, Linus Torvalds wrote: >On Tue, 1 May 2007, Rene Herman wrote: >> >> The answer will probably be "no", but would this be a good point to ask if >> this would be a good time to not bother with the mode switching code at all >> anymore? > >The standard extended modes are actually really useful, if for a very >simply reason: they give you bigger more lines on screen when a bug >happens. > >So I _still_ occasionally use "vga=extended" just for that reason. The >default 80x25 thing scrolls most oops away. >[...] >80x50 is useful for the above reason. Yeah, it's ugly, but it's useful for >the "It's too much work to try to do anything but just take a digital >photo of the screen". And that 50-line mode will actually be 43 in EGA >mode, I think. > >The 132x50 mode is probably a bit prettier, and is fairly common too, and >useful for the same reason. Seconded. 80x50, and where platforms support it, *80x60 and 132x60*, is kinda handy (despite the font getting smaller and smaller, heh), esp. when you don't run it in VMware and not have some capturing device (serial con/netconsole.. takes time to set up) >And yes, I'm literally talking about the *text* modes. Not all of us want >to have fbcon built in - I prefer my text-mode lean and mean and fast as >hell, and if I want a frame buffer, I'll take X11, thank you very much. You speak for me :) Jan -- - 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/