From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruno =?UTF-8?B?UHLDqW1vbnQ=?= 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 22:00:54 +0200 Message-ID: <20080922220054.4e74c099@neptune.home> References: <20080921210219.GC21215@spock.one.pl> <20080922214747.c8bc57eb.krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080922214747.c8bc57eb.krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Krzysztof Helt Cc: Michal Januszewski , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Michal Januszewski > 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... Bruno