From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton 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 Message-ID: <20080922132830.359bc001.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <20080921210219.GC21215@spock.one.pl> <20080922214747.c8bc57eb.krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm> <20080922220054.4e74c099@neptune.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080922220054.4e74c099@neptune.home> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: Bruno =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Pr=E9mont?= Cc: krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm, spock@gentoo.org, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:00:54 +0200 Bruno Pr=E9mont wrote: > From: Michal Januszewski > > Currently, it is possible to set a VESA graphics mode at boot time > > via the vga=3D 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. > >=20 > This looks pretty much the same as what I requested some time ago: >=20 > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D8062 >=20 > Would need to check -mm archives for the actual patch. >=20 > 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.