From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MXicZ-0007qH-Vf for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:29:36 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MXicY-0007q5-N6 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:29:34 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MXicT-0007pt-9G for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:29:33 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55198 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MXicT-0007pq-3i for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:29:29 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:38184 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MXicS-0004yt-OX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:29:28 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MXicN-0003Ut-1Z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:29:23 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MXicM-0003wc-Bh for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:29:22 +0200 Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 23:29:22 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090802212922.GA15139@thorin> References: <1248392495.2661.208.camel@mj> <20090801150118.GB23133@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: Fwd: [PATCH 1/2] Framebuffer split X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:29:34 -0000 On Sat, Aug 01, 2009 at 05:17:32PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Michal Suchanek wrote: > > 2009/8/1 Robert Millan : > > I guess the current initialization is somewhat fishy. I haven't looked > > at the code so far but the way it works is odd. When I change output > > to gfxterm it apparently tries to initialize the vbe graphics but it > > fails to find any videomode unless I run vbetest before starting > > gfxterm. > > > > The situation is the same both pre- and post- split. > > insmod vbe > > Autoload right driver would be nice. Perhaps having a list of pairs > (PCI vendor; driver) ? I suppose this will make sense when we have hardware drivers for video. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."