Re: [RFC] Reliable video POSTing on resume

Matthew Garrett
2005-02-05T02:04:49Z

On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 12:31 -0500, Jon Smirl wrote:

> Fixing this at kernel boot (resume) time will let user space apps
> assume that all video cards are reset. That removes a lot of
> complexity from the user space apps (like X).

This can't be the default on x86. I have hardware that will die if you
attempt to POST it after the BIOS has started the OS. Non-x86 should be
fine, though.
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