From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: "Bruno Prémont" <bonbons@linux-vserver.org>
Cc: krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm, spock@gentoo.org,
linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] fbdev: don't allow to set a video mode via vga= if FB doesn't support it
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:28:30 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080922132830.359bc001.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080922220054.4e74c099@neptune.home>
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:00:54 +0200
Bruno Prémont <bonbons@linux-vserver.org> wrote:
> From: Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org>
> > Currently, it is possible to set a VESA graphics mode at boot time
> > via the vga= parameter even when no framebuffer driver supporting
> > this is configured. This could lead to the system booting with a
> > black screen, without a usable console.
> >
> This looks pretty much the same as what I requested some time ago:
>
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8062
>
> Would need to check -mm archives for the actual patch.
>
> Don't remember why it did not make it to mainline...
If someone can give me some idea of what that patch looked
like then I can go hunt it down, find out why it didn't make it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-22 20:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-21 21:02 [PATCH] fbdev: don't allow to set a video mode via vga= if FB doesn't support it Michal Januszewski
2008-09-22 19:47 ` Krzysztof Helt
2008-09-22 20:00 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Bruno Prémont
2008-09-22 20:28 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2008-09-22 20:32 ` Michal Januszewski
2008-09-22 20:54 ` Andrew Morton
2008-09-22 20:34 ` Michal Januszewski
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