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From: "Yoshinori K. Okuji" <okuji@enbug.org>
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On Sunday 29 March 2009 11:31:29 Robert Millan wrote:
> This patch adds GRUB_GFXMODE_LINUX user variable to make it easy for
> users to set graphical mode before booting Linux.

Is this really Linux-specific? It look somehow coincidental to me that this is 
used only for Linux. If other operating systems, such as FreeBSD, support 
that way of switching a video mode, I think you would want to reuse the same 
variable.

Thanks,
Okuji